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Bricks made from plastic waste - a success story from Kenya

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Bricks made from plastic waste - a success story from Kenya

Topic
Kenya lacks two million affordable homes, and the deficit increases every year. At the same time, the mountain of plastic waste grows by five hundred tons every day. The startup company Gjenga Makers wants to change that. In the beginning, it took nine months to make one brick from plastic waste. Now it takes up to 1,500 bricks a day. But Gjenga Makers has even higher goals. Read the full article via our link.

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Author

Ulrich Pfeiffer
Architect at Scalaplan
Published
24.10.2022
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Location

Kenya, Africa

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