The new appliance enables consumers to turn plastic bags and packaging film into recyclable disks with optimal shape and size for recycling
Obaggo is said to be the world's first and only in-home plastic bag and packaging film recycling appliance. (Credit: CNW Group / Obaggo)
Obaggo has introduced an in-home plastic bag and packaging film recycling appliance, which is claimed to be the first of its kind in the world.
Designed to address recycling and pollution problems, the new appliance allows consumers to turn plastic bags and packaging film into recyclable disks with optimal shape and size for recycling.
Obaggo founder and CEO David New said: “Many people don’t realize it, but for decades, plastic bags and packaging film have been a contaminant in the recycling system.
“When bags get sorted at recycling centres, their thin and flimsy nature tends to jam up the recycling machinery, causing shut-downs. Obaggo disks are specifically designed to hold together through the materials recovery facility sorting process.”
According to the company, plastic bags and packaging film are the fastest-growing type of packaging materials, which are rarely accepted for recycling and they feature confusing recycling labels or non-existent.
The new plastic bag and packaging film recycling appliance has been designed to solve both problems by transforming plastic bags and packaging films into recyclable disks.
The in-home plastic bag and packaging film recycling appliance is available through Indiegogo crowdfunding platform, which accepts pre-orders, land projects off the ground and ship products after they have been manufactured.
Pre-sales have commenced at a price of $249. The product shipments are expected by November next year.
New further added: “Less than 5% of plastic bags and packaging film are recycled and the rest are suffocating our oceans, killing marine life, birds and other animals, and causing significant problems everywhere they end up.
“Since my father founded one of the first recycling centres in the United States back in the 1970s, the unrecyclability of plastic bags and packaging has been a lifelong frustration that I knew I had to solve.”