NAIROBI (Reuters) - Nzambi Matee hurls a brick hard against a school footpath constructed from bricks made of recycled plastic that her factory turns out in the Kenyan capital. It makes a loud bang, ...

Kenyan engineer and inventor Nzambi Matee makes eco-friendly bricks out of plastic waste and sand that she says are stronger, cheaper and lighter than concrete. Week 16 Data Dump: QBs, RBs, WRs and ...

Plastic pollution is a worldwide problem. In Nairobi alone, about 500 metric tons of plastic waste are generated every single day. Only a fraction of this number is recycled. In true innovation ...

A 30-year-old Kenyan engineer named Nzambi Matee has come up with a promising way to upcycle plastic trash that would’ve otherwise landed in landfills — by pressing it, with the addition of sand, into ...

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Kenyan engineer and inventor Nzambi Matee makes eco-friendly bricks out of plastic waste and sand that she says are stronger, cheaper and lighter than concrete.