Arthur Huang is a structural engineer and architect who specializes in turning consumer trash into sustainable and high-performing materials. He grew up in the United States and studied architecture at Ivy League universities such as Cornell and Harvard. He is known for turning discarded plastics, apparel and cigarette butts into Nike store interiors, sailboats and even skyscrapers.

Huang co-founded Miniwiz in 2005, a company dedicated to upcycling and industrial waste reuse innovation. Through his leadership, Miniwiz was recognized as a technology pioneer in the fields of energy, environment and infrastructure. Miniwiz’s most famous work in Taiwan is the 2010 Taipei Flower Expo where they used 1.5 million recycled PET bottles to build the Far East Huansheng Ark, the world’s first carbon-neutral building.

In 2017, Huang developed the world’s first mobile plastic recycling system, Trashpresso, which can press and bake recycled bottles into magnetic tiles. In 2019, he launched the Mini Trashpresso, which reduced the size to only two upright refrigerators. Trash such as coffee cups and plastic containers are segregated through AI identification, and after two and a half minutes, compressed into recycled tiles and other products. At the height of the pandemic, the company created a modular epidemic prevention ward in New Taipei City, made from recycled plastic waste.

The company is expected to expand its reach this year, starting with transforming the process of garbage reprocessing in the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park in Taipei. It is also set to establish bases in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.