{"id":37813,"date":"2024-05-29T15:10:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/koostooprojektid\/a-greener-future-from-home-plastic-waste-shredder-makes-households-more-environmentally-friendly\/"},"modified":"2024-05-29T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-29T12:10:31","slug":"a-greener-future-from-home-plastic-waste-shredder-makes-households-more-environmentally-friendly","status":"publish","type":"koostooprojektid","link":"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/en\/koostooprojektid\/a-greener-future-from-home-plastic-waste-shredder-makes-households-more-environmentally-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"A Greener Future from Home: Plastic Waste Shredder Makes Households More Environmentally Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tavo Kangru, the head of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, and student Aleksander J\u00e4nes have developed a prototype of a household plastic waste shredder, aiming to simplify the sorting and recycling of plastic waste. Their objective was to create a functional device capable of shredding various household food packaging into strips or beads, with the thickness of the shredded materials ranging from 0.001 to 1.5 mm.<\/p>\n\n<p>Creating this prototype is crucial because plastic waste recycling is a significant issue in Estonia and worldwide. With this new device, people can shred plastic waste into smaller parts at home, making it easier to sort and recycle. This, in turn, helps reduce the amount of plastic waste reaching landfills.<\/p>\n\n<p>The prototype development was funded by the EAS\/KredEx joint institution. This project is an excellent example of innovative and environmentally sustainable solutions developed at the university.<\/p>\n\n<p>Photos: Shutterstock\/TTK<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter-650x417.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter-645x414.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter-20x13.jpg 20w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/plastjaatmed_shutter.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597-645x484.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/IMG_6597-20x15.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/figure>\n    <div class=\"nbl-contacts-container \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"nbl-contact-card\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"contact-visual contact-cards-upper-line nbl-card-layout-line\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"main\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"contacts-name\">Tavo Kangru<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"margin-bottom-after-occupation\">Professor<\/span>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icon-ionic-md-mail-open.svg\" alt=\"Email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:tavo.kangru@tktk.ee\">tavo.kangru@tktk.ee<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icon-awesome-phone-alt.svg\" alt=\"Phone\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t666 4556\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Icon-material-room.svg\" alt=\"Location\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTLN-A224; TLN-C107\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"i-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"width:15px;\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.etis.ee\/CV\/Tavo_Kangru\/est\/\">CV-ETIS<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-37813","koostooprojektid","type-koostooprojektid","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Greener Future from Home: Plastic Waste Shredder Makes Households More Environmentally Friendly - Tallinna Tehnikak\u00f5rgkool<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tktk.ee\/en\/koostooprojektid\/a-greener-future-from-home-plastic-waste-shredder-makes-households-more-environmentally-friendly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Greener Future from Home: Plastic Waste Shredder Makes Households More Environmentally Friendly - Tallinna Tehnikak\u00f5rgkool\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tavo Kangru, the head of the Mechanical Engineering curriculum at Tallinn University of Applied Sciences, and student Aleksander J\u00e4nes have developed a prototype of a household plastic waste shredder, aiming to simplify the sorting and recycling of plastic waste. 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