We all know you can mash paper together to make paper bricks for recycling those stacks of newspapers.

What if you used them like bricks and made a compost bin from them – or rendered them to make a garden. or a garden wall. or a house.

how long does it take for a natural paper brick to break down?

You might think vermin might pose a problem, but haybale homes are commonplace now, with a bit of render on the outside. Why not paper? They are excellent insulators.

I’m going to experiment some more.