{"id":252407,"date":"2024-06-12T08:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/best-of-earth911-podcast-obaggos-plastic-2-and-4-recycling-appliance\/"},"modified":"2024-06-12T10:28:14","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T10:28:14","slug":"best-of-earth911-podcast-obaggos-plastic-2-and-4-recycling-appliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/best-of-earth911-podcast-obaggos-plastic-2-and-4-recycling-appliance\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of Earth911 Podcast: Obaggo&#8217;s Plastic #2 and #4 Recycling Appliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<article class=\"small single\">\n                <iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=47362622&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This \u201cBest Of\u201d podcast takes you back to the founding of a startup that is still going strong. Earth911 welcomed David New, founder of Obaggo, a countertop appliance that turns a variety of plastic films into recyclable pucks that do not jam recycling center equipment. Recycling in the United States is unnecessarily difficult. Plastic, in particular, is hard to sort because of the myriad forms its takes. It is often unlabeled, which means one cannot identify whether the plastic can be recycled locally. And finding drop-off locations that accept the type of plastic you have can be a matter of luck. If your city doesn\u2019t accept, for instance, plastic film, you\u2019ll have few or no options. But that may be changing. Obaggo can compress plastic bags and film, including #2 and #4 plastic shopping bags, Amazon\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/earth911.com\/podcast\/earth911-podcast-obaggos-plastic-2-and-4-recycling-appliance\/\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at earth911.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This \u201cBest Of\u201d podcast takes you back to the founding of a startup that is still going strong. Earth911 welcomed David New, founder of Obaggo, a countertop appliance that turns a variety of plastic films into recyclable pucks that do not jam recycling center equipment. Recycling in the United States is unnecessarily difficult. 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