In 2014, the American non-profit organization Reuse Everything began implementing an idea to reduce the waste of plastic bottles while aiding impoverished people forced to live in small houses with inadequate roofing, such as tin or thatched grass. By cutting up a plastic bottle, flattening it with a simple, hand-cranked machine, and ultimately fusing it to other sheets, a roof is constructed that is water-resistant, has ventilation, minimizes sound, and lasts longer than most materials used. Due to the ubiquity of plastic bottles, this practice is an example of ____________.
A) speculative landscapes
B) pastiche
C) bricolage
D) appropriation

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The practice of cutting up plastic bottles to make a roof is an example of bricolage, which is the use of whatever materials are available to create something new and useful.

In 2014, the American Non-Profit Organization Reuse Everything Began Implementing