Turning trash into treasure with new tech

 

the new paper

Jun 21st, 2019

 

After mere minutes of use, single-use plastics such as cups, straws and bottle caps end up in landfills or on beaches.

 

But National Geographic Emerging Explorer Arthur Huang, 41, and his team at his company Miniwiz have developed a way to give these plastics a new lease of life, as fabrics, crockery, building materials, even airplane parts.

 

To understand our recycling ecosystem, Mr Huang, who is in Singapore for the #RecycleRight campaign by National Geographic and the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, visited key sites including the Semakau Landfill and Sembcorp’s Materials Recovery Facility.

 

Trained in engineering, Mr Huang has been a National Geographic Emerging Explorer since 2016, turning post-consumer waste into innovative products.