It's high time we admit one clear fact: the world is drowning more and more in plastic. Over the past 70 years, the volume of plastic production has grown 180 times. At the same time, according to ...

A Kenyan woman is harnessing her country’s mounds of plastic waste to create both new jobs and bricks that are stronger than concrete. Close-up of the sturdy recycled bricks being produced by Kenyan ...

A Kenyan woman invented a brick stronger than concrete that’s made entirely of recycled materials like plastic. “Plastic waste is not just a Kenya problem, but it’s a worldwide problem,” Matee told ...

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, ...

Using her ingenuity and engineering skills, Nzambi Matee found a way to help the environment by converting plastic waste into building materials. In 2017, Matee opened a factory in Nairobi called ...

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 ...

Owing to the nature of global supply and plastic value chains, the challenge of plastic pollution is global in scope. [Courtesy] Kenya marked four years since the ban on single-use plastic carrier ...

Each year, more than 380 million metric tons of plastic is produced worldwide. Lego is responsible for 100,000 metric tons of it. This contribution to the annual total is, of course, the result of ...

Nzambi Matee, founder of Gjenge Makers, a social enterprise that recycles and up-cycles waste plastic into construction products such as paving bricks holds Gjenge pavers in Nairobi, Kenya January 21, ...

NAIROBI, Feb 2 (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 ...