Clear Drop is trying to do something about all those plastic bags under your sink

"Even if you bring home as few bags as possible - using reusable bags, carrying purchases home with your own two hands - soft plastics sill accumulate. I certainly have a collection with one flimsy plastic sack filled with dozens or hundreds of others. I plan to do something with it... eventually. Unfortunately, there aren't a ton of options for what to do with those soft plastics, as most recycling facilities can't accept them."

"But no one likes seeing them end up in oceans and rivers and stuck up in trees. So I was excited to see the Clear Drop Soft Plastic Compactor (CPC) at CES. It's a pre-recycler for your home that turns hundreds of bags into a solid brick that's easier to transport. Clear Drop works with 95 percent of soft plastics, sucking up bags, bubble wrap, ziplocks, package wrap and cling film into its maw."

Soft plastic bags and film accumulate even with reuse, creating collections that most recycling facilities cannot accept. The Clear Drop Soft Plastic Compactor (CPC) suctions in about 95 percent of soft plastics, including bags, bubble wrap, ziplocks, package wrap and cling film, then compresses and heats them into an eight-by-twelve-by-four-inch brick. The device excludes items such as ping pong balls, IV bags and camera film. Households typically produce one brick in about a month. Finished bricks can be shipped to partner recycling facilities using included pre-paid USPS envelopes, and partners undergo audits to confirm recycling. Company safety testing reports minimal odors and no harmful emissions.

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