Nzambi Matee

thumb Nzambi Matee (born September 19 1992) is a Kenyan trained mechanical engineer, environmentalist, hardware designer, inventor and serial entrepreneur. She is well known for her innovative and creative ways of converting waste into sustainable materials. Matee's company, Gjenge Makers, produces sustainable low-cost construction materials made of recycled plastic waste and sand. She has partnered with different manufacturers of plastics bottle tops and seals in the beverage and pharmaceutical industries in Kenya to collect offcuts and scraps. Quotes It is absurd that we still have this problem of providing decent shelter – a basic human need, plastic is a material that is misused and misunderstood. the potential is enormous, but its after life can be disastrous. I feel so proud knowing I am building something useful out of waste. It is absurd that we still have this problem of providing decent shelter – a basic human need. Plastic is a material that is misused and misunderstood. The potential is enormous, but its afterlife can be disastrous. [] For me, I was just tired of being on the sidelines of seeing plastic. I really jumped in, off a cliff without a parachute. I was building it as I was falling down but isn't that how great things are done? So act for nature. [] External links Category:Mechanical engineers Category:Environmentalists from Kenya Category:Women engineers from Kenya Category:1992 births Category:Women born in the 1990s Category:Living people