The United Nations has warned that at current levels, the earth could be awash with over 12 billion tons of plastic trash by the middle of the century. According to the world body, up to 5 trillion grocery bags are used each year, and like most plastic garbage, barely any is recycled. One Kenyan entrepreneur is turning plastic waste into value. Our reporter Daniel Arapmoi brings us more.

Plastic littering the streets of many African countries can be such a blot on the landscape for countless citizens. But for this Kenyan entrepreneur with a passion for clean and safe environment, it spells opportunity. Oscar Aghan has been bothered by the ever-increasing quantity of plastic waste in Nairobi's suburbs for many years.

OSCAR AGHAN CEO, GREEN PAVERS "The reality out there is that our country and residential areas are full of garbage, so that pushed me into the initiative where I recycle whatever garbage that I find."

Aghan's determination to solve the challenge of waste management gave birth to a company, Continental Renewable Energy which now recycles 100 tons of plastic every month.

OSCAR AGHAN CEO, GREEN PAVERS "What we are looking at is a situation where we will be able to house Africans using their garbage, that is the whole concept behind this, house Africans affordably using their garbage."

The company recycles post-consumer plastic into affordable building materials like poles for use in construction, road signage and farming.

Here at the factory, collected waste is sorted according to quality before being crushed and washed, melted and molded into different shapes. Other finished products made out of recycled plastic on display include, ridge tiles made in different shapes and color, roof tiles, driveway blocks and walkway slabs. According to Aghan, one kilogram of plastic waste can save 2.5 Kgs of carbon emissions, and for every 10 plastic posts produced, one tree is saved.

DANIEL ARAPMOI NAIROBI "According to the World Bank Africa Development series Report, Africa produces approximately seventy million tons of waste and this is expected to increase with population growth."

OSCAR AGHAN CEO, GREEN PAVERS "What we should encourage and what we should urge every government around is to encourage recycling because recycling is a resource and a clean environment is also healthy."

But as the world continues to grapple with the ever-increasing quantities of waste, Aghan's recycling plastic model could turn out to be one of Africa's best bet in conserving the environment. Daniel Arapmoi, CGTN, Nairobi, Kenya.