I have used the self-serve shredder at RRRASOC on 8 Mile a few times to get rid of documents and it worked great. In looking at the video of the mixed recycled material passing down the conveyor belt it made me wonder a few things. The belt travels so fast does it just go by these picking stations only one time and all the valuable plastic can get picked off or does the material have some circular route to go by a few passes before it is picked clean of the valuable items? What percentage of the material that is initially loaded on the conveyor typically gets pulled off because it is valuable enough to recycle? Do glass bottles really get recycled through this process? It seems they might just break into small pieces and end up as part of the remaining picked over material that probably goes to landfill. Maybe some of those types of questions could also be covered in the can this be recycled or not videos you also do on this channel. Thank you.
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Robert, All good questions. As the materials go through the process, there are redundancies and return loops built in so that if an item gets missed (either mechanically or manually), it can be identified and captured or redirected as necessary. Our overall residue rate tends to hover around 15%, meaning 85% of what we get is actually recyclable and captured for the marketplace, with about 14% being contamination and 1% being recyclable material that either gets contaminated en route or missed in the process. Glass bottles do get recycled but most often are used as aggregate substitute or alternate daily cover at a landfill. We are in the early stages of exploring additional markets for glass. Thanks for the suggestions on additional videos. We're always happy to work with Southfield Cable 15 to provide informative content. - Mike
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