Mobile Trash Recycling
─Max Carter
The world has a serious problem with plastic waste, which can be hard to recycle, especially in remote places. Taiwan-based company Miniwiz is helping to solve the problem with its new mobile recycling center, which is called the Trashpresso.
At about 12 meters long, the Trashpresso can be set up in remote areas that don't have proper garbage services. The machine cuts up and washes plastics such as water bottles and cups, and then turns the waste into tiles. Each tile is created from five plastic bottles, and Trashpresso can produce about 10 square meters of tiles every 40 minutes.
Since the Trashpresso is meant to be used in remote locations, it is powered entirely by energy from the sun. The water it uses is recycled and reused to further lower its impact on the environment. The Trashpresso has been used in several places, like London and Tibet. The CEO of Miniwiz states that he hopes to show that recycling can be done everywhere.
移動式回收站化垃圾為環保磚
世界上有嚴重的塑膠垃圾問題，塑膠垃圾可能不易回收利用，尤其是在偏遠的地方。總部設在台灣的小智研發公司（Miniwiz）正以其新的移動式回收中心來協助解決這個問題，它就稱為移動式回收站（Trashpresso）。
移動式回收站長約十二公尺，可以設置在沒有妥善的垃圾服務系統的偏遠地區。這台機器切碎、清洗像水瓶和杯子之類的塑膠製品，然後將垃圾轉變成環保磚。每塊環保磚是由五個塑膠瓶製造出來的，而移動式回收站每四十分鐘可以生產出約十平方公尺的環保磚。
由於移動式回收站是要在偏遠地點使用，所以完全是由太陽能發電。它使用的水會回收再利用以進一步降低對環境的衝擊。移動式回收站已在好幾個地方使用，像是倫敦和西藏。小智研發的執行長表示他希望證明在每個地方都能做回收。 |
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