Customers at this zero-waste workshop in Taipei get hands-on experience in the recycling process, taking plastic waste brought from home, and melting and molding it into a pair of sunglasses within two hours
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TAIPEI, Taiwan – Plastic bottle caps, food packaging, single-use utensils, and scrapped toys are just some of the throw-away items that have been given a new life at a zero-waste workshop in Taipei. “What we are trying to show in the Trash Kitchen is to let you see, feel, touch within minutes how this process can actually work without secondary pollution, and you can actually turn it into something of value directly in front of you,” Arthur Huang, founder of The Taiwan company also produces tiles, bricks, hangers, and other daily necessities from plastic and organic waste, using a “miniTrashpresso”, a machine it developed in 2017, Huang said.
“I think environmental protection and fashion still have a long way to go. As for consumers, it is important for them to get first-hand experience, so a workshop like this is very helpful,” she said.
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