As a way to promote National Recycling Week, the City of Launceston council created a machine that crushes cans.
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The machine models Rube Goldberg machine, which is intentionally designed to perform a simple task in an indirect and overly complicated way.
A team of about 20 from the council, Ravenswood Men's Shed and City Mission worked on the development.
The machine was built entirely out of waste materials.
Rube Goldberg was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American cartoonist who was famed for drawing complicated machines performing simple tasks.
Over the years, elaborate chain-reaction contraptions have taken his name, known as Rube Goldberg machines.
The team started building the machine on Wednesday morning and had it operational by 3.30pm.
Mayor Albert van Zetten said the goal of the challenge was to raise awareness of recycling and re-use as part of National Recycling Week.
"The scope and array of materials that goes through a recycle shop like Uptipity is incredible, and I hope this challenge will be a fun and creative example of the sorts of things that can be recovered and re-used," he said.
"Many people may be unaware of the number of items that can be recycled free of charge at the Launceston Recycling Centre - they include paint, motor oil, cooking oil, steel, e-waste, polystyrene, batteries, gas bottles, building materials, and many more."
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