In Kenya Nzambi Matee Recycles Plastic To Make Construction Materials
Rosie Awori (LJI) Nzambi Matee, a 29-year-old Kenyan entrepreneur could no longer sit by and watch the degradation caused by plastics. After constantly seeing plastic bags strewn on the roadside she decided to find a way to solve the problem by recycling plastics and transforming them into bricks for construction projects. She received a scholarship to study material science at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where she eventually developed her prototype. Soon after she launched a company “Gjenge Makers,” a social enterprise that produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste. The bricks produced have been said …