The Plastic Compactor

Our group made a plastic compactor. It is a compactor that crushes plastic. A Lego piece goes up, then a claw comes and stops the Lego piece. You put in your plastic container. Then the claw moves and the Lego piece goes down and crushes the plastic.

Problem the invention solves Our invention helps citizens make more room in their recycling bin, so that plastic does not fall out of the recycling bin.
Terminology
Compactor-A device for compressing trash into a small mass for disposal
Plastic-Capable of being a molded, a synthetically made material which is molded into objects.
Toxic-Relating to a toxin; destructive and deadly.
Decompose-To decay; to separate into original parts.
Landfill-A system of trash and garbage disposal in which the waste is burned in low-lying land so as to build up surface.
Developed- To make fuller; bigger and better.
Wasting-Not using appropriately or using too much of something.
Bibliography
Kalbacken, Joan and Legthie, Enilie U., Recycling, Childrens Press, Chicago, 1991
Prm Waste Systems Ltd, Prm Waste Systems, Jan 2, 2001 http://www.prmwastesystems.com
Other Information
The Compactor has no competing products. The closet product is a can crusher.
Other Solutions To The Problem
Grocery stores are asking their customers to bring back their plastic bags so the workers can use them over.