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Melrose Man’s Invention Turns Plastic Bags Into Recyclable Pucks

"We really need to figure out a way to recycle this material or else we're going to be up to our necks in plastic bags," Dave New said.

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Dave New holds up a plastic puck made from plastic bags in his Obaggo system.
Dave New holds up a plastic puck made from plastic bags in his Obaggo system. (WBZ)

MELROSE, MA — Dave New has a pretty big idea.

He wants to turn many of the non-recyclable plastic items you might find in your home into recyclables.

“We really need to figure out a way to recycle this material or else we’re going to be up to our necks in plastic bags,” New told WBZ-TV from his home in Melrose.

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