The house that trash built: Myanmar start-up turns clutter to handicrafts

Recycled products are seen on display at ChuChu house in Dalla township, Yangon, Myanmar, March 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang

YANGON (Reuters) - From a distance, ChuChu Design, a single-storey building across the river from Myanmar’s bustling commercial capital, looks like any other on the impoverished outskirts of the city.

But on closer inspection, the roof has been fashioned from old tyres, the walls are made of glass bottles and the lampshades from melted plastic, all items upcycled by the social enterprise as part of a mission to educate people about waste.