TRASHPRESSO
PROJECT NAME : TRASHPRESSO
CLIENT : MINIWIZ CO. & Jackie Chan Group
LOCATION: First deployment – Shanghai, China
DATE: April 2017
TRASHPRESSO is the world’s first mobile plastics and fabric waste recycling plant. It was designed to tackle waste in isolated communities by bringing industrial grade recycling to isolated communities on a mobile, automated, and self-powered platform.
The TRASHPRESSO plant is housed in a 40-foot container platform that is movable anywhere by trailer truck. Unlike existing recycling systems, the TRASHPRESSO plant runs on solar power, making it deployable off-grid. This mobile, self-powered platform can therefore process plastic and fabric waste on the planet’s most remote corners.
Once stationed, the TRASHPRESSO container opens much like a satellite unpacking in orbit. Trash is collected locally, then washed, shredded, melted, and molded through an automated process. The water required for cleaning the trash is reused by being cycled back into the process. The output of the TRASHPRESSO’s recycling process are up-cycled architectural tiles that can be used for interior or exterior floor finishes, or sold as raw material for further upcycling manufacturing processes like yarning, injection and extrusion.
To celebrate Earth Day 2017, Jackie Chan, National Geographic and Miniwiz showcased the TRASHPRESSO in Shanghai.