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View all search resultsGarut to host Indonesia’s first mosque constructed mainly from recycled plastics
The twin mosque complex, named Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim, will be constructed using approximately 12 tonnes of plastic waste, which will be processed into durable pallets —flat, brick-like panels formed from melted plastic— to serve as the mosque’s primary wall material.
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A worker shows shredded plastic bottles to be recycled on Aug. 22 at the Bali PET Recycling facility in Denpasar, Bali. (Antara/Fikri Yusuf)
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private Islamic boarding school in Garut, West Java, began construction on Sunday of what is set to become Indonesia’s first mosque built largely from recycled plastic waste.
The twin mosque complex, named Ar-Rahman and Ar-Rahim, will be constructed using approximately 12 tonnes of plastic waste, which will be processed into durable pallets —flat, brick-like panels formed from melted plastic— to serve as the mosque’s primary wall material.
In a further commitment to sustainability, the project will also incorporate 24 tonnes of rice husks, an agricultural byproduct typically discarded or burned by farmers.
The mosque is expected to become a new environmental and architectural icon in Garut.
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Irfan Amali, head of the Welas Asih Islamic Boarding School, which initiated the project, said that for the past six years, the school and the surrounding community have adopted zero-waste practices and no longer dispose of their waste in landfills.
“Waste from around 200 households in the area has been completely recycled and transformed into fertilizer and various other products. Now, we’re taking it a step further by using that recycled waste to build a mosque,” Irfan said on Sunday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
