Most bricks are made of cement and sand. These bricks are made of melted plastic bottles and bags. And they last longer than the regular ones. Nzambi Matee is a materials engineer from Nairobi, Kenya.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Kenyan woman invented a brick stronger than concrete that’s made entirely of recycled materials like plastic. “Plastic waste is ...

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, ...