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The Kenyan inventor who turns plastic into bricks

AFP, 29 Mar 2022
Thirty-year-old Kenyan engineer and inventor Nzambi Matee makes eco-friendly bricks out of plastic waste and sand that are stronger, cheaper and lighter than concrete. Every day her enterprise, Gjenge Makers, churns out 1,500 bricks made from industrial and household plastic that otherwise would be dumped in the city's overflowing garbage heaps.

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