Tucson (Arizona, USA) has approved a contract with a California company, ByFusion, to turn disposed plastic into construction-grade building blocks. Over the next four years, the city of Tucson will spend $1 million for the initiative as well as $2.4 million for a new facility at the Los Reales Sustainability Campus. The new ByBlock facility will ​ include office or storage space. As a part of the agreement, 10% of ByBlock’s production will be supplied to the city.