Waste plastic produces twice as strong building materials as concrete
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 are stronger than concrete.
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'Trash Has Value': Black Woman Engineer Turns Plastic Into Bricks That Are Reportedly Stronger Than Concrete
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According to Nzambi Matee, CEO of Gjenge Makers, 500 tons of plastic is discarded every day in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, and only a small portion of the plastic is recycled. Mr. Matee, who worked for an oil company, established a production method for 'blocks of recycled plastic and sand' to increase the amount of plastic recycled, and founded Gjenge Makers.
Mr. Matée's recycling efforts have been highly evaluated by the United Nations Environment Program and won the Young Champion of the Earth Award in 2020. In the following movie shot by the United Nations Environment Program, you can see the production process of building materials developed by Mr. Matée.
Plastic bricks in Kenya --NZAMBI MATEE --Young Champion of the Earth 2020 for Africa --YouTube
Put the finely crushed plastic into the machine and mix it with the sand at high temperature.
Because plastic and sand are mixed and come out of the machine ...
Transfer to a molding machine and apply pressure from above.
The completed block looks like this. Gjenge Makers can create 1000-1500 blocks a day.
The completed block will not break even if thrown to the ground.
Gjenge Makers produces three types of blocks with different weights, 'LIGHT DUTY', 'MEDIUM DUTY' and 'HEAVY DUTY', and the lightest 'LIGHT DUTY' is twice as strong as ordinary concrete. increase. In addition, Gjenge Makers will recycle 50 tons of plastic into building materials in 2021, and plans to double the amount of recycling in 2022.
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