Smithsonian Celebrates Early Recycling Innovations

Revolutionizing Recycling: The “Prolerizer” collection added to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History

Ben Proler’s “prolerizer” was a significant evolution in the ability of companies to recycle materials from large, durable consumer products. Patented in 1961, the machine could shred an automobile or other large durable consumer products in minutes, transforming recycling around the world.

Now the machine will be a permanent part of the Smithsonian Institute, thanks to a donation from Joshua Jones, regional manager of Advantage Metals Recycling. The collection is called Revolutionizing Recycling: The “Prolerizer”, and it features a section from the original prolerizer, which is a significant piece of industrial history. …

Source: Recycling Product News