Among the traditional brick structures that line the streets of this sleepy East Texas town,70 miles north of Houston，a few houses stand out：their roofs are made of license plates.

　　They are the creations of Dan Phillips,64，who has had an astonishingly varied life，working as an intelligence officer in the Army，a college dance instructor and an antique dealer.About 12 years ago，Mr.Phillips began his latest career：building houses out of trash(垃圾)．

　　In 1997 Mr.Phillips mortgaged(抵押)his house to start his construction company Phoenix Commotion.“Look at kids playing with blocks，”he said.“I think it’s in everyone’s DNA to want to be a builder.”Moreover，he said，he was disturbed by the irony(嘲讽)of landfills choked with building materials and yet a lack of affordable housing.

　　To him，almost anything thrown away is potential building material.Standing in one of his houses and pointing to a colorful，zigzag-patterned ceiling he made out of thousands of picture frame corners，Mr.Phillips said，“A shop was getting rid of old samples，and I was there waiting.”

　　So far，he has built 14 homes in Huntsville，which is his hometown.Mr.Phillips said 80 percent of the materials were saved from other construction projects，got out of trash piles or just picked up from the side of the road.“You can’t go against the laws of physics or building codes，”he said，“but beyond that，the possibilities are endless.”

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