Recycling is one of the few change-of-lifestyles with large environmental benefits people actually support - but it must be done intelligently and adapt to market and human behavior realities.
Very well written and makes sense. I’m curious what, if any, technological advancements are being made (potentially on the backs of recycling trucks) to reduce manual effort and make sorting and de-contamination easier
I doubt there is a lot of effort in that area, the driver can probably visually scan the recycling as it loads into the truck with ability comparable an automated system that would cost mid 6 figures! Thanks for your comment
Thanks for the comment. If we get issues with repeated contamination that requires action by our recycling committee to fix, I’ll be one of those pushing to shut down our program
Very well written and makes sense. I’m curious what, if any, technological advancements are being made (potentially on the backs of recycling trucks) to reduce manual effort and make sorting and de-contamination easier
I doubt there is a lot of effort in that area, the driver can probably visually scan the recycling as it loads into the truck with ability comparable an automated system that would cost mid 6 figures! Thanks for your comment
Well researched and written. Agreed with all except the contamination will be removed by the source.
Thanks for the comment. If we get issues with repeated contamination that requires action by our recycling committee to fix, I’ll be one of those pushing to shut down our program