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<\/a> Egyptian startup <\/strong>TileGreen<\/a><\/strong> will turn bns of plastic bags into interlocking outdoor <\/strong>paving tiles<\/strong>, Reuters<\/a> reports. The company has recycled upward of 5 mn plastic bags at their factory in 10th of Ramadan City and aims to recycle more than 5 bn by 2025, co-founder Khaled Raafat tells the newswire.<\/p>\n

How does it work?<\/strong> Plastic waste is shredded, turned into a thick sludge, and combined with other materials, then undergoes thermal treatment and high-pressure compression to produce tiles that the company claims are twice as strong as concrete. TileGreen uses different kinds of plastics and products \u2014 repurposing around 125 plastic bags per tile \u2014 which would otherwise be difficult to separate and recycle<\/a>. The company has produced some 40k tiles since it began selling outdoor tiles last year.<\/p>\n

Egypt has a plastic pollution problem: <\/strong>Egypt is MENA\u2019s biggest marine-plastic waste polluter<\/a> and the biggest polluter of the Mediterranean Sea, a 2022 World Bank report (pdf)<\/a> found. The country\u2019s marine plastic waste \u2014 which includes macroplastics and microplastics \u2014 is expected to double from 2010 to 2025. Egypt\u2019s per capita plastic waste generation is among the lowest in the region, indicating that poor waste management and cheap production of single-use plastics are responsible for excessive plastic waste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Egyptian startup TileGreen will turn bns of plastic bags into interlocking outdoor paving tiles, Reuters reports. The company has recycled upward of 5 mn plastic bags at their factory in 10th of Ramadan City and aims to recycle more than 5 bn by 2025, co-founder Khaled Raafat tells the newswire. How does it work? 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