Nzambi Matee is pretty proud of how tough her bricks are, and the secret, the Kenyan entrepreneur says, is that they are not made of concrete, but recycled plastic. "Hi my name is Nzambi, Nzambi Matee ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

By Milliam MurigiFor years, Edwin Mwangi, a 36-year-old father of two from Ruai, spent part of his weekly budget buying ...