Joseph Brozovsky, President of Urban Reblokd states the problem, “Out of all the goods that everybody tries to recycle in good faith, there’s still 250 tons a month that has to get trucked to the landfill. And that’s just for our city alone. That’s just for the “ones" and "twos”."
Right now, it’s a small recycling operation – but Brozovsky’s plan to address the overwhelming plastic waste problem could be game-changing.
“We are working on a machine and a process to turn it into building material”, says Brozovsky.
In a nutshell, his machine utilizes a special process involving steam and compression.
Brozovsky briefly describes how it works, “It is a heating and pressing to where we’re not actually melting the plastics. Because that is obviously a big issue. And with the steam it gets it hot enough where just the edges are a little bit malleable and then, through the pressure, it compresses it to where when it cools, it connects.”
Waste plastics go in, and useful, reusable products come out.
Brozovsky lists a few of the possibilities, “Everything from cinderblocks, to two-by-fours, to four-by-eight sheeting, even to railroad ties.”
The plan is promising, but Brozovsky will need help to implement his machine and business on a larger scale.
Brozovsky is enthusiastically optimist, “We need just a little bit of funding to be able to get things going. So, we’re looking for a partner to step up and join in this venture.”
His motivation has led to taking action that could benefit the entire planet. “I’m just one man that’s trying to make a little bit of a difference”, states Brozovsky humbly.
The next big idea has to come from somewhere – why not from his operation?
