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Plastic roads the way to go, forum advises

A plastic bags recycling plant in Mathare, a low income area in Nairobi pictured on March 7, 2017. Nairobi is known to use up to two million plastic bags which are then dumped and end up clogging drainage systems. PHOTO| FRANCIS NDERITU

Kenya can fix two of its biggest problems - bad roads and mounds of plastic waste — at once, if it embraces new technology.

The technology incorporates plastic waste in the construction of roads.

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