Each "brick" is made up of compressed plastic bags (and other soft plastic waste), temporarily held in shape by a thin shell of melted plastic Clear Drop View 3 Images View gallery - 3 images ...

The mould is then transferred to a furnace to melt the plastic powder before finally being compressed into a solid plastic brick.

A Kenyan woman is harnessing her country’s mounds of plastic waste to create both new jobs and bricks that are stronger than concrete. Nzambi Matee, a 29-year-old entrepreneur and engineer, felt ...

The piles of plastic junk, which he stored and sorted in his back yard, are melted into octagon-shaped bricks that homeowners can buy for $9 each. The bricks are a trendy way to pave driveways and ...

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, but does not crack.

Wanting to investigate possible ways to repurpose this material, [Rehaan33] built a rig to create bricks out of waste plastic for a school project.

Gul Bahao founder Nargis Latif developed a way to recycle plastic trash into bricks that can be used to build homes called chandi ghar.

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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.

The plastic waste is mixed with sand, heated and then compressed into bricks, which are sold at varying prices, depending on thickness and colour.

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.