miniwiz 小智研發

Dezeen

Dec 2nd, 2021

 

An autonomous recycling machine designed by Taiwanese company Miniwiz, which can be transplanted into local communities to transform plastic waste into useful products, has received the 2021 World Design Impact Prize.
 

Called Trashpresso, the device condenses the same plastic recycling line that normally takes over entire industrial plants into two mobile units about the size of a refrigerator.

The process was designed to be as quick as possible, taking only three minutes from start to finish by making use of artificial intelligence and robotics.

 

Although working at a smaller scale than a traditional plant, Trashpresso can still recycle up to half a tonne of plastic waste a day. This is equivalent to the consumption of a 10,000-strong community according to Miniwiz.
 

"Trashpresso overcomes the barriers of distance and energy, demonstrating that recycling can be done anywhere and making upcycling scalable," said Jarvis Liu, who co-founded the company alongside architect and engineer Arthur Huang.
 

"It leapfrogs existing technology and empowers the circular economy by decentralizing plastic waste management."