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Recycling Plant
A recycling plant is a facility which processes materials for recycling. Recycling plants
may be attached to landfills to streamline the waste management process, or they may be
independent facilities. The goods handled at a recycling plant are quite varied, depending on
regional demand for specific materials, and the capacity of the plant itself.
object or container into a designated recycling bin. Once that object reaches a plant, it is dumped
onto a conveyor with numerous other items for sorting. Sorted goods are divided by type, so that
like can be recycled with like. After sorting, the goods are usually cleaned, so that they are ready
Melting, shredding, and pulping are all used to prepare things for recycling. Glass tends
to be chipped and then melted so that it can be made into new glass objects, although some
recycling plants also offer bottle reclamation, in which bottles are sterilized for reuse. Shredding
is used to package plastic, metal, and paper for processing, while pulping is used to convert
paper products into slurry which can be made into paper all over again.
Once objects have been broken down at a recycling plant, they can be shipped to facilities
which make things from recycled goods. Demand for raw supply fluctuates, so sometimes a
recycling plant ends up with a backlog of materials like shredded plastic, and in some cases, the
plant may be forced to landfill excess material because it runs out of storage space.
Many recycling plants encounter recyclables which they cannot handle. These are
packaged and shipped to plants which specialize in these items. Some facilities, for example,
focus on recycling electronic components, using trained staff to break down discarded
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electronics safely so that their usable components can be reclaimed and reused. Other facilities
For consumers who are really concerned about recycling, it is a good idea to contact the
recycling plant which collects recyclables locally, to find out what it does with materials it
cannot process, along with excess recyclable materials which are not in demand. Unprocessable
materials may not always be shipped out, especially if the plant cannot profit by sending these
objects to plants which can process them, and some recycling plants may landfill unusable or
excess material, or ship it to another region of the world, where it may be dumped instead of
being recycled.