NAIROBI, Apr 2 — “Plastic still has value,” said Nzambi Matee of the mountains of discarded oil drums, laundry buckets, yoghurt tubs and other trash being shredded into colourful flakes at her Nairobi factory.The 30-year-old Kenyan engineer and inventor would know: her start-up recycles tonnes of plastic destined for landfill into eco-friendly bricks that are stronger, cheaper and lighter than concrete.
The young entrepreneur quit a job in oil and gas — the very industry that makes plastic from fossil fuels — to explore recycling after being shocked at how little trash was being reused. It took several years to perfect a prototype -- the machinery required was custom built and sourced from spare industrial parts — but by 2019 production was steadily underway.
“Because of that, it doesn't break,” said Matee, clapping two of the plastic bricks together sharply. “There is more that can be done, there is more that needs to be done. We are just a single drop in the ocean... small, small drops will make a big effect,” Matee said.
I watch her invention on youtube few months back. Bravo!
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