Every day, millions of tons of rubbish are dumped into landfills and driven into perpetual disuse. But when creativity meets resourcefulness in the form of an architect, someone else’s waste can become the next designer’s building material. This book explores the possibilities of recycling to create imaginative, attractive and efficient architecture, featuring projects that rescue discarded materials from paper cups to steel containers and transform them into buildings, notable for their sustainable approach to design as well as their contribution to the craft of architecture.