With the risks of global warming, recycling becomes a routine and necessary. This process, however, is not so simple and requires some extra care even after disposal. Thinking about it, the ClearDrop announced a bin that melts and compacts bags and other plastic materials to prevent disruption to waste management plants.
Clear Drop SPC (Soft Plastic Compactor) arrives to solve a problem that affects all countries.
To get an idea, Brazil alone generated 81.8 million tons of urban solid waste, according to a survey by Abrelpe (Brazilian Association of Public Cleaning and Special Waste Companies).
This is equivalent, on average, to 224 thousand tons daily. If you take the population into account, the proportion would be 1.043 kg of waste per day.
But this is not the only problem. According to Clear Drop, waste management plants suffer from loose packaging and plastic bags that clog equipment.
And this is where the Clear Drop SPC compactor comes in.
Through it, users are able to transform the waste stored in the dump into a kind of “brick”, facilitating both the transport and the handling of the material in the recycling process.
“The compacted soft plastic ‘brick’ can be conveniently added to your bin (as locally permitted) or dropped off at a recycling facility, where it is easily dismantled by the facility’s shredding equipment and then used in the regular recycling process. plastic,” they explained.
How does Clear Drop SPC work?
With few buttons, the device offers a minimalist and even discreet look. But plastic disposal is not done through a lever for you to step on and open the lid.
In the upper part, there is a hole to drain the material into the bin.
After inserting all the waste that will be discarded, the compactor starts working. The process, which heats the plastic, transforms the material into a kind of “brick”, keeping everything in a single unit.
Afterwards, you just need to remove it from inside the compactor and take it to a recycling bin for normally recyclable plastics, for example.
According to the manufacturer, the equipment “does not release any toxic chemicals into the environment and is efficient in terms of time and low cost for consumers”.
Trash to be unveiled at CES 2023
The launch could help reduce the 6.3 billion soft plastics around the world. But for now, it will have to wait, as the Clear Drop SPC will only be revealed in full in January, at CES 2023.
During the event, the company will also present Clear Drop OC, an organic waste collector. Thus, it will be possible to compact the garbage without releasing any substance harmful to the environment.
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