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Compunction at the Junktion

Thanks to a recent $2,300 investment into a shredder and accompanying injector designed by the Netherlands-based Precious Plastic, the downtown recycling depot can now recycle some plastics.

ArtsJunktion specializes in turning waste into art supplies, and has found a way to take some plastics too

Winnipeg Free Press ·
Helga Jackobson, executive director of Arts Junktion, is photographed at the Arts Junktion headquarters in the Exchange District. (Jessica Lee/Winnipeg Free Press)

With the turn of a crank, ArtsJunktion's Helga Jakobson transforms black plastic packaging material into shredded bits that can be melted and formed into new items.

Thanks to a recent $2,300 investment into a shredder and accompanying injector designed by the Netherlands-based Precious Plastic, the downtown recycling depot can now recycle some plastics.

"For now, we're starting small," she says of the open-source plastic recycling system, installed in a sunny corner of their William Avenue storefront.

"We're utilizing materials on the floor we can't use."

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