BEER BOTTLE TEMPLE
The Buddhist monks began collecting bottles in 1984 and they collected so
many that they decided to use them as a building material.
They encouraged the local authorities to send them more and they have now
created a complex of around 20 buildings using the beer bottles, comprising the
main temple over a lake, crematorium, prayer rooms, a hall, water tower, tourist
bathrooms and several small bungalows raised off the ground which serve as monks
quarters.
The bottles do not lose their colour, provide good lighting and are easy to
clean, the men say.
A concrete core is used to strengthen the building and the green bottles are
Heineken and the brown ones are the Thai beer Chang.
The monks are so eco-friendly that the mosaics of Buddha are created with
recycled beer bottle caps.
Altogether there are about 1.5 million recycled bottles in the temple, and the monks at the temple are intending to reuse even more.
Abbot San Kataboonyo said: "The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make."
The beer bottle temple is now on an approved list of eco-friendly sight-seeing tours in southeast Asia.
Altogether there are about 1.5 million recycled bottles in the temple, and the monks at the temple are intending to reuse even more.
Abbot San Kataboonyo said: "The more bottles we get, the more buildings we make."
The beer bottle temple is now on an approved list of eco-friendly sight-seeing tours in southeast Asia.
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