• RRR Recycling

    June 8, 2022 in the United States ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F

    Picks up recycling from residents
    Dump into the tipping floor
    Have a belt in the ground called the in feed
    Where it goes up to people who pick out the trash
    Separates cardboard, newspaper, and then the rest is hand picked out and separated manually
    Use to all be handpicked until 7 years ago
    Doubling their size soon

    Successfully sorts 98% the first run through - I find this impressive

    People use plastic bags and tie them which makes it difficult

    Shipped their refuge/recycling to the mainland/other countries to get recycled material

    Can hold up to 800-1000 tons of recycled material in their warehouse
    Do about 250 tons a day
    8-10 shipping containers a day

    Separated plastic containers by natural and unnatural

    13 redemption centers

    The money they get from the recyclables they share with the city
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