ROMA – His bricks are not made of cement or crushed stone. Not even water. It's just plastic waste and sand. Tšehla Kata, a former student of the National University of Lesotho (NUL), recycles plastic ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is a lot of plastic around us today, and a large amount of plastic is discarded as garbage. Kenya's recycling company, Gjenge Makers, recycles waste plastic to produce building materials that ...

These days, Nelson Boateng calls himself a “reformed plastic bag manufacturer”. The 36-year-old entrepreneur, who at one time recycled tons of discarded plastic sachets into pellets to make plastic ...

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 ...

JAKARTA — Alarmed by the mountains of plastic waste leaching into Indonesia’s waters, two best friends are taking on the environmental menace by turning crisp bags and shampoo packets into paving ...

An entrepreneur from the Tuhingireni informal settlement in Rundu has developed bricks from recycled plastic and sand as a way of solving the town's solid waste management problems. Ladislaus ...

The glut of plastic waste in Accra, Ghana’s capital, is evident along the side of the road, with discarded bottles, plastic bags and the like. This same plastic wave has also affected the country’s ...

A Kenyan woman invented a brick stronger than concrete that’s made entirely of recycled materials like plastic. Nzambi Matee is the 29-year-old inventor and founder of Gjenge Makers, which ...

These days, Nelson Boateng calls himself a “reformed plastic bag manufacturer”. The 36-year-old entrepreneur, who at one time recycled tons of discarded plastic sachets into pellets to make plastic ...