Solar Bottle Lamp is a solar-powered light that is constructed from waste plastic bottles. The design idea is to reuse waste plastic bottles by attaching a 3D printed solar lamp in place of their old plastic cap. It can be fitted into almost all soft drinks bottles.

Solar Bottle Lamp can be used to provide lighting in rural areas. These lights are surprisingly bright, illuminating your campsite, backyard, pathways, or even your home in the case of a power outage.

It is ideal for camping trips, especially when backpack space is tight. Just think, armed with this eco-friendly device you can enjoy a good glug, go wandering after dark and illuminate your tent without messing around with a separate light.

I have designed this lamp by inspired from Moser bottle which was invented by Brazilian mechanic Alfredo Moser. The concept is that clear plastic beverage bottles filled with water and bleach can be fixed into the roof of an unlit building to refract sunlight around a room.

In 2011, Illac Diaz used Moser’s technology to start the Liter Of Light ( MyShelter Foundation), which used a grassroots model to provide lighting on a large scale. The program uses partners around the world to keep costs down, using recycled plastic bottles and locally sourced materials. The program also promotes local entrepreneurs, by providing financial incentives to locals who assemble and install the lights.

The Moser bottle lamp is simple and inexpensive but has a limitation. It only works during the daytime. So I have designed a solar bottle cap that can provide light during the night. By combining the Moser Bottle concept and my Solar Bottle Cap, a powerful lamp can be made.

Benefits:

Reusing plastic bottles can significantly reduce pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy usage.

The use of the solar lamp will decrease the amount of local air pollution and saves energy.

It can provide access to solar lamps at an affordable price to a wide range of people living in remote villages that are deprived of clean energy access.

It also came out as an alternative business model with the potential to strengthen the overall rural economy by generating technology-based livelihood opportunities.