{
  "id": 17230279,
  "title": "Quebec home built using plastic from 200,000 bottles, shell assembled in 3 days",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/quebec-home-built-using-plastic-from-200-000-bottles-shell-assembled",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:02:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/nature/a-two-bedroom-home-in-quebec-was-built-with-panels-using-plastic-equivalent-to-about-200000-discarded-bottles-builders-assembled-its-1078-sq-ft-structural-shell-in-just-three-days-using-prefabricated-parts/articleshow/135360158.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In a remarkable development, a two-bedroom house located in Saint-Rémi-d'Amherst, Quebec, has been built using an innovative construction method known as PakVert. This technique employs panels crafted from recycled plastic bottles, resulting in a building process that took merely three days. By minimizing construction waste and cutting costs by approximately 35 percent, this initiative…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}