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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Karthikeyan Kandan receives funding from The Academy of Medical Sciences and Royal Academy of Engineering. In fact only 21% of all the plastic ever produced has been recycled or incinerated. So ...

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.

For the latest report in our "Eye on Earth" series, CBS News correspondent Debora Patta went to Kenya to learn about a creative approach to addressing the scourge of plastic pollution. Nairobi — ...

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 ...

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, ...