:Miniwiz
{{Short description|Taiwanese waste recycling company}}
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Miniwiz ({{zh|c=小智研發股份有限公司}}) is a Taiwanese company that upcycles consumer and industrial waste into construction and consumer products. The company was founded by Arthur Huang.{{Cite news|title = Short on Space, Taiwan Embraces a Boom in Recycling|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/30/business/international/short-on-space-taiwan-embraces-a-boom-in-recycling.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2013-11-29|access-date = 2015-10-16|issn = 0362-4331|first = Cain|last = Nunns}} It is headquartered in Taiwan with offices in Milan, Singapore, Beijing, and Shanghai.
History
Miniwiz was founded in March 2005 by Arthur Huang and Jarvis Liu.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About|url=http://www.miniwiz.com/about.php|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-25|website=miniwiz.com}}
In 2010, it constructed EcoARK, a nine-story tall pavilion used as the main exhibition hall for the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition. It was built with plastic bottles upcycled as construction material, reportedly saving 300 tons of plastic from ending up in landfills.{{cite web|url = http://inhabitat.com/ecoark-pavilion-made-from-1-5-million-plastic-bottles|work = Inhabit|publisher = Inhabitat.com|title = EcoARK Pavilion made from 1.5 Million Plastic Bottles|author = Brit Liggett|date = April 14, 2010|accessdate = 2 Sep 2012}}{{cite web|author=Paul Mozur|date=6 July 2011|title=Miniwiz Builds Its Green Presence, Brick by Brick|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304760604576424883044191022|accessdate=2012-01-12|work=The Wall Street Journal}}
In 2010, its Polli-Brick construction material was a finalist in The Earth Awards.{{Cite web|date=2010-08-18|title=The Earth Awards Announces Six Finalists To Redesign Tomorrow|url=https://blogit.realwire.com/The-Earth-Awards-Announces-Six-Finalists-To-Redesign-Tomorrow|accessdate=2015-10-13|website=RealWire (blog)}}
In 2014, it collaborated with Nike, Inc. to recycle athletic shoes and shoe manufacturing by-product into construction material, named Nike Grind.{{Cite news|title = Bringing product design principles to retail with NikeLab|url = https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/21/bringing-product-design-principles-to-retail-with-nikelab|newspaper = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-12-10|date = 2014-08-21}}{{Cite web|title = Nike Presents NikeLab|url = http://news.nike.com/news/nike-presents-nikelab|website = NIKE, Inc.|accessdate = 2015-12-10}}
In May 2015, it announced the Ecofighter project, which would modify a Rutan VariEze by replacing its elements with recycled material, with a flight planned for 2016.{{Cite web|title = This Taiwanese startup aims to make trash sexy|url = http://e27.co/taiwanese-startup-aims-make-trash-sexy-20151029/|website = e27|accessdate = 2015-12-10|language = en-US}}
In April 2016, Miniwiz collaborated with tobacco company Philip Morris International to apply recycled filters of iQos heatsticks to architect Cesare Leonard's 1960s furniture designs at the Milan Design Week.{{Cite web|url=http://www.adnkronos.com/soldi/economia/2016/04/14/philip-morris-italia-miniwiz-ecco-progetto-anything-butts_fkf2zVcriegI10qaBsdb3K.html|title=Da Philip Morris Italia e Miniwiz ecco progetto 'Anything Butts'|website=Adnkronos|date= 14 April 2016|access-date=2016-06-16}}
In 2017, Miniwiz collaborated with Bonotto to exhibit textiles created from recycled material at Fuorisalone in Milan{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2017-04-05|title=Gardening the trash, l'idea green di Bonotto|url=https://www.thewaymagazine.it/luxury/gardening-the-trash-lidea-di-bonotto/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-04-05|website=The Way Magazine|language=it}} and NYCxDesign in New York City.{{Cite web|last=Meyers|first=Tracey|date=2017-05-19|title=Fashion Turns 'Waste Into Worth' Through Technology and Design Partnership|url=https://wwd.com/business-news/technology/fashion-turns-waste-into-worth-10891063/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-05-19|website=WWD|language=en}}
In 2019, its Trashpresso mobile recycling plant won an IDEAT award.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=你的一票，投给你的"未来理想家"！_中国|url=http://www.sohu.com/a/296199571_183403|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-02-21|website=www.sohu.com|language=zh}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=快讯 {{!}} 特赞创始人范凌获2019 IDEAT FUTURE AWARD理想家未来大奖 - 雪花新闻|url=https://www.xuehua.us/a/5eba843386ec4d079aa06c4a|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-03-10|website=www.xuehua.us}} That same year, it also launched a smaller version of the recycling plant named the mini Trashpresso.{{Cite web|last=hermes|date=2019-06-16|title=Mini Trashpresso turns waste into beautiful products|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/business/mini-trashpresso-turns-waste-into-beautiful-products|archive-url=|archive-date=|website=The Straits Times|language=en}}
See also
References
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