Barbers Point Housing

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 cityBaca lagi