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How bricks made from sand, plastic waste are helping to fight pollution

A brick made of recycled plastic. [File, Standard]

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 fashion, finding a solution to this problem turned into an opportunity for Nzambi Matee, a material scientist who quit her job to pursue this new-found passion.

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