Kenyan scientist builds with bottles to beat plastic pollution

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“Hope Mwanake understands the plastic pollution crisis facing Kenya better than most.”

“An environmental scientist who ran a waste collection service in Kenya’s central town of Gilgil, she witnessed first hand the mountains of plastic buckets, bottles and jerry cans discarded by residents, hotels, shops and schools.”

“Along with business partner and fellow environmental scientist Kevin Mureithi, she founded “Eco Blocks and Tiles” in 2016. It is the first company in Kenya to manufacture roof tiles and other construction materials from plastic and glass waste.”

View the whole story here: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kenya-environment-pollution-trfn-idUSKBN1YH0UL

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