Allegedly found inside supporting walls were empty plastic bottles instead of bricks.

CNN: Shocks and Aftershocks

Following the quake, investigators in Yunlin county discovered that three crumbled structures had been erected by a construction company that had used empty plastic bottles and tin cans as filler to save on concrete and bricks. (The owner was arrested.) In Dali, a massive apartment block suffered major damage: one of the 11-story buildings was uprooted from the ground and fell backward.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Taiwan: The Day the Earth Moved--Page 3

As I settled into the car, a battered Toyota Solara, Lanier apologized for the condition of the front seat, the footwell of which was cluttered with old magazines, half-empty plastic water bottles, and a squashed box of tissues.

NEWYORKER: The Visionary

The table, which had looked so pristine, was strewn with a wreckage of empty bottles and ashtrays and plastic cups.

NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian