amy cole reports.ndeed, europe. they were only signed off last tuesday, and people arejust starting to move in. let's talk to carl taylor who is from the housing association who has built them. fantastic project, but i imagine it has been quite hard to do to make them virtually plastic—free. yes, it has. plastic is virtually on everything in their construction industry and working out what we can use as an alternative has been difficult at times. for example, the electric wiring we have replaced with mineral—insulated copper cable. the flooring we have used sisal carpet and we have used marmoleum flooring. the paint we have used graphene and limestone paint rather than acrylic. certainly a lot to think about. has it made the overall build more expensive? yes, it has made the overall build more expensive, but it has also made it much better quality than we would usually build. what we have found is when we have taken plastic out of the building, we have replaced it with much more robust materials. so th