Caption: Various recycled products made from recycled materials have attracted the attention of visitors. Photo by Xinmin Evening News reporter Jin Minyou (the same below). Coffee grounds can be made into T-shirts, plastic lunch boxes can be made into recycled bricks and mobile p

Caption: Various recycled products made from recycled materials have attracted the attention of visitors. Photographed by Xinmin Evening News reporter Jin Minyou (the same below)

Coffee grounds can be made into T-shirts, and plastic lunch boxes can be made into recycled bricks and mobile phone cases. Plastic bottles can be used as satchels... Today, an interesting exhibition "Use of Uselessness" kicked off at the Yangpu Park Party and Mass Service Station. The "useless" garbage in the public perception has been transformed by high technology and skillful hands and gained a "new life", which amazed the visitors.

Half Heytea cups are made into mobile phone cases

0.5 recycled Heytea cups, after a series of processes such as crushing, cleaning, melting and granulation, modification, and mixed injection molding, turned into a lovely mobile phone case. ...In the exhibition, this mobile phone case made of recycled plastic attracted the attention of many people.

In addition to mobile phone cases, this recycled plastic lunch box can also be made into building blocks, or even turned into light gray recycled bricks for exhibition stands. The organizer "Love Classification·Love Recycling" introduced that this year the company cooperated with Meituan to make takeaway lunch boxes into recycled materials through recycling, sorting, cleaning and other processes, using technology to "rebirth" plastics.

The milk carton familiar to citizens is also an important material in the journey of "rebirth". At the previous Flower Expo, a bench made of Guangming milk cartons was still fresh in my memory. Now in this exhibition, a handbag made of milk cartons has "out of the circle" again. After the milk carton is recycled, it is crushed and separated by hydraulic pulp, and then becomes recycled paper, and finally turned into a fashionable small bag.

5 plastic bottles turned into an umbrella

There was also an umbrella in the booth, which is a recycled product co-branded by "Love Classification·Love Recycling" and Paradise Umbrella. Waste plastic bottles are converted into environmentally friendly yarn through recycling, cleaning, crushing, high temperature, granulation and other processes, and then made into RPET environmentally friendly fabric. About 5 plastic bottles can be made into an umbrella. "If plastic bottles are buried underground, it will take 500 years to degrade, and will also pollute the soil and groundwater." The organizer said, "After recycling, waste can be turned into treasure, reducing pollution and saving resources."

Exhibits like this also There are many, such as T-shirts made from "coffee carbon fiber" extracted from coffee grounds, keychains made from recycled plastic lunch boxes, handicrafts made from recycled cans and cartons, etc. In the center of the

exhibition hall, a painting jointly created by the exhibitors is very popular. You can use knitting thread as a painting tool to connect the categories of garbage you have delivered. Each category has corresponding data. Through a large recycling data screen, citizens can also see the delivery volume of smart recycling machines in their own communities and understand their own contributions to environmental protection.

Caption: Through the large screen, citizens can see the delivery volume of recyclables in Yangpu District and their own communities

The average daily recycling volume in Yangpu District is 180 tons

In October this year, the State Council's "Carbon Peak Action Plan before 2030" proposed: implement The "Internet +" recycling model realizes the recovery of all renewable resources. Since 2018, the Yangpu District Greening and City Appearance Bureau has joined hands with the district enterprise "Love Classification·Love Recycling" to take the lead in exploring the "Internet + Smart Recycling" service model, and gradually build and improve the 1+12+X recyclables "point, station, field" service system, implement special subsidies for low-value recyclables, and maximize resource utilization. At present, the average daily recycling volume of "Love Classification·Love Recycling" in Yangpu District reaches about 180 tons, which has achieved remarkable results in helping to reduce waste and use resources. Nearly 2,500 smart recycling machines have been put into operation across the city, with an average of more than 100,000 deliveries per day. Chen Jingye, COO of

"Love Classification·Love Recycling" said: "We hope that through these creative and unique works, the environmental protection concept of 'classification is new fashion, subtraction is new life' can be integrated into citizens' lives, and further help reduce waste and turn it into resources." Meituan said that since the launch of the "Qingshan Plan" in 2017, it has been exploring the green and low-carbon development of the life service industry.

This exhibition is guided by the Yangpu District Domestic Waste Classification and Reduction Promotion Joint Conference Office, hosted by the Yangpu District recyclables main enterprise "Love Classification·Love Recycling", and co-organized by Meituan. The exhibition period will last until January 15, 2022. Citizens can visit for free.

Xinmin Evening News reporter Jin Minyue