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Turning waste into buildings

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Miniwiz used recycled water bottles to build the Sky-Wing Bike Pavilion in Thailand

Insect shells, rice husks, water bottles, and bamboo charcoal might not be the first things that come to mind when you think of high-performance building products. But Taiwanese upcycling company Miniwiz is using them to create just that. “We take leftover construction

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