Lifeguard tower built from plastic waste offers glimpse of future

The lifeguard tower being built Saturday on Bruce’s Beach in Manhattan Beach is not just another oceanfront lookout.
The tower, erected as part of that beach’s World Oceans Day activities, could part of the solution to the scourge of plastic pollution, a large portion of which ends up in the ocean.
That’s because the structure was built with bricks made from discarded plastic.While most recycled plastic uses require a specific chemical makeup, the innovative ByFusion bricks use