How does work a plastic garbage recycling unit?

First sort: Trash and corrugated cardboard are pulled out by hand and dropped into separate chutes that go to large bins below. Trash is ... Container/paper sorting machine: The conveyor feeds the remaining stream of recyclables to a rake-like separator that allows plastic and metal containers to drop off to a side conveyor. read more

Plastic recycling is the process of converting & Reprocessing waste plastic material to usable products. since plastic is a non-biodegradable material, recycling is major part to reduce plastic . read more

Metal and plastic bales: Bales of compacted bi-metal cans (made of steel and tin) and aluminum cans are stored and sold to metal processors. The metals are used to make a wide variety of metal products. read more

Transfer truck: At the Collection Station in Georgetown, the recycling collection trucks dump recyclables into a larger transfer truck, Loaded into hopper: When collection trucks arrive at the materials recovery facility, all of the bottles, cans, paper, cardboard, and other items are unloaded. read more

As industrial societies began to produce ever-growing quantities of garbage, recycling took on a new meaning. Rather than recycling materials for purely economic reasons, communities began to think about how to reduce the waste flow to landfills and incinerators. read more