From scraps to style: Glass artisan creates eco-friendly masterpieces

Herman Muli Bigham, the founder of Tosheka Products workshop situated at Mlolongo, Machakos County shows some of the finished products made from glass waste. Through innovation, the venture transforms glass waste material to useful home products among them water and wine glasses, food containers, bulb holders among others. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

As vehicles honk endlessly, calling for customers in the bustling town of Mlolongo, Machakos County, John Mwangi taps a switch in his workshop’s hall, and a glass-cutting machine with a rotating blade roars to life.

As the blade begins spinning, he opens a valve on a thin pipe hovering above the cutting machine, releasing a jet of water just above the spinning blade.

Mwangi then picks up an empty whisky bottle and methodically rolls it over the rotating blade, allowing it to slice through the glass with careful precision.