How Recycling Works: Behind the Scenes at the MRF

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  • @MagnumDB
    @MagnumDB 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    This is the 3rd video I’ve watched to understand how sorting works, and this explained things the clearest, thank you!

  • @JawadulMisir
    @JawadulMisir ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You need to show this video to each university and community so that people can understand the difficulties the workers go through to do this job done successfully. By this way people will be more aware and will take time in selecting trash cans-organic-recycle etc etc when it comes to dump a thing.

  • @Mr-.Facts.
    @Mr-.Facts. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And this ladies and gentlemen, is the real defenition of a true hero

  • @miriamdoughty8369
    @miriamdoughty8369 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This was so helpful to my students to understand how the recycling plant works.

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  • @SNLGUY
    @SNLGUY 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    How long do those human sorters stay on that line?

    • @CSWDVT
      @CSWDVT  6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      There are always human sorters on the line while the MRF is operating (M-F 6-3:30). We process 1.5 blue bins per second, so it requires a lot of eyes and hands to keep contamination out and materials flowing into the right place!

    • @jeffmead2935
      @jeffmead2935 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@CSWDVT how long are the sorters /pickers stood on line...thats the question

  • @bensonwalter6503
    @bensonwalter6503 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done reccycling keeps the world most favourably place to be

  • @Lorelcom
    @Lorelcom ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Very informative. And whatever you're paying those people who do the sorting, please double it.

  • @katytallon1
    @katytallon1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What happens to the stuff that can't be sorted/recycled/is too contaminated? MRFs seem inefficient to me - get people to keep the materials separate in different bins rather than mixing them together!

    • @CSWDVT
      @CSWDVT  6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Contamination is sorted out and sent to the landfill. In the 1990's, most municipalities moved from source-separated recycling (where residents sort at home) to "all-in-one" or "single-stream," which requires a MRF to sort. Because single-stream recycling is more convenient for most people, recycling rates increased. Of course, as people recycled more material, the percentage of contamination grew as well. Public outreach and education are vital to ensuring that people recycle as much of the RIGHT things as possible.

    • @eliseweimholt2439
      @eliseweimholt2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@CSWDVT Now that recycling is more commonplace, and public outreach/education is required to reduce contamination rates and wish-cycling, wouldn't it be better to educate people on sorted recycling instead of single-stream systems?

    • @gordonwelcher9598
      @gordonwelcher9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Millions of tons of toilet paper is flushed away every day.
      We should collect it for recycling.
      It could be used to make many items such as paper plates, drinking cups and straws.
      They could be dyed brown to hide any leftover impurities.Replace

  • @ottowurzburg3880
    @ottowurzburg3880 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wondering what the carbon footprint of the machine sorting is? How much of what goes in has to be discarded as waste into the landfill?

  • @duggydugg3937
    @duggydugg3937 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    glad to see there are some recyclers....

  • @WhateverWhenever888
    @WhateverWhenever888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wow I never knew this stuff, this was so cool.

  • @wstadnyk
    @wstadnyk 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job and thank you. Is it not feasible for workers sorting to be outfitted with some type of masks? Thanks again, well done.

  • @pamelastevenschuler9575
    @pamelastevenschuler9575 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My county in NC developed a program geared to children here in TH-cam. You have great information here too!

  • @muhamedlule1669
    @muhamedlule1669 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome work 👏💪🙌

  • @jimmyjimmy1038
    @jimmyjimmy1038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You guys are doing great job. Thanks for doing this. Where is this place at? I'd like to take a tour and visit this place. Awesome.

  • @Someonehere123
    @Someonehere123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the most interesting things I've watched in a while :)

  • @sambhavgrover5167
    @sambhavgrover5167 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, the Sorting companies (who sort different waste such as plastic, aluminum, paper and others) are not recycling (converting into the final product) after differentiating the 5 major waste products to be recycled? They might be supplying the sorted products to different companies depending upon 5 waste product type? Is that correct?

    • @CSWDVT
      @CSWDVT  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      For us, we sort the materials we receive from our communities and then they are bailed and sent to market. Manufacturers or those companies that work with those manufacturers buy the materials to make whatever products they need. Does that help?

    • @sambhavgrover5167
      @sambhavgrover5167 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CSWDVT Yes, that helps. Another question is
      Is the materials from our cities/communities being taken by Municipality (Govt.) or is there any private player who is doing so? Does the company who sort materials are not taking it from our communities for their sorting plants?

  • @kylerabend7
    @kylerabend7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lol love how the clip they showed on the 'tip floor' was a full eject truck, not a tip truck.

  • @cartman4885
    @cartman4885 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Well done

  • @tolstoy143
    @tolstoy143 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I’ve always been curious how this was all done. Thanks for such a great video and all the hard work you do at the MRF!

  • @subhajitmoirangthem2438
    @subhajitmoirangthem2438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If I wanted to start such business then what shall I do for the initial stage?

    • @callumpoole6687
      @callumpoole6687 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You have to be rich as fuck to get started

  • @beback_
    @beback_ 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it already profitable?

  • @MASTEROFEVIL
    @MASTEROFEVIL 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always wondered how the recycling process works but what about other recyclable materials like the metal from cars or the denim from pants

  • @marsyamusa597
    @marsyamusa597 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    It was fantastic

  • @iamkaysandiego
    @iamkaysandiego 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This video encourages me to recycle less... I try my best to avoid single use items and packaging altogether.

    • @iamkaysandiego
      @iamkaysandiego 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alexandra Phillips I can’t tell if it was sarcastic, but I’ll respond anyways. Basically, in North America everything is mixed into the recycling bin (i.e. paper, glass, metal, plastic) including soiled recyclable items and non recyclable items. The process is long and complex and demands a lot of energy. Not everything gets recycled and often new resources need to be added to produce another product. I think it’s okay to recycle but we recycle so much. Our recycling system is not the best compared to other countries and recycling shouldn’t be the primary solution to all of our waste.

  • @reneewilson
    @reneewilson 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very informative! Thank you!

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      @altafhossain5653 6 ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @jamessantiago1539
    @jamessantiago1539 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great job keep up the good work, only thing I would recommend is you shouldn't be standing on or next to a bale of #1 pete bottles incase of a wire blow out. Plastic bales want to expand and are under a lot of pressure as it exits the bale chamber and the wire's gets strapped. I manage a recycling facility in Palmer Alaska and I do not let anyone including staff stand on or near a bale incase of a wire blow out wich I have seen happen before and thankfully no one got hurt.

    • @markryan5493
      @markryan5493 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      James the bale safety bear.

  • @collectivelight
    @collectivelight 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where does the money go from the materials that are sold?

    • @royt7562
      @royt7562 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It goes back into running the recycling facility.

  • @marvinmangion5302
    @marvinmangion5302 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I can drive a recycle truck. I am 7 years. I am Francesco. I love♻

  • @soulzxn8841
    @soulzxn8841 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanioid?

  • @edenwogayehu3890
    @edenwogayehu3890 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    WOW

  • @memaw5470
    @memaw5470 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so happy about recycling 😊😊

  • @patrickrichmond9896
    @patrickrichmond9896 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Who ever says these MRFs aren't reliable is lying. The reason why the MRF has been developed is to make it easy for us the consumer to recycle. When we had to separate our recyclables, some of it would either be damp by the time we dump them off at the recycling center, the stuff was hard to process. With the MRF, we put all recyclables into one cart with a lid which keeps the rain out. And once the stuff is separated by both humans and machines, then the stuff is baled and sent to corporations to make into new products. MRFs are great and I am glad that there are TV stations and special movie making companies tour these places that film these places since there are dangerous places for a tourist to be. Like the disk screens. Those disks spin at a pretty high rate of speed.

  • @tianxiaozhang
    @tianxiaozhang 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good watch.

  • @povseng3147
    @povseng3147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love it but my country don't recycle I want to recycle and I want to cooperate with you

  • @gordonwelcher9598
    @gordonwelcher9598 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Millions of tons of toilet paper is flushed away every day.
    We should collect it for recycling.
    It could be used to make many items such as paper plates, drinking cups and straws.
    They could be dyed brown to hide any leftover impurities.

  • @raziarahmat4299
    @raziarahmat4299 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah

  • @brianstratton8767
    @brianstratton8767 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good footage. I keep trying but it's difficult here in Cleveland area; people really don't care:( Might move back to Michigan where ( most) beverage containers are 10c/ea, woo hoo! Yet here they do p/u mattresses, furniture etc for no additional charge while city of Lansing charged $33 ! for 1st Bulk Item sticker; 2nd is 1/2 price-$16.50, meh.
    As always there's just Too Much Stuff:/

  • @awesomemk1667
    @awesomemk1667 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow

  • @christianegraham5032
    @christianegraham5032 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How come the workers don't wear masks or other protective clothing? Has OSHA
    been to visit

  • @Ldm0320
    @Ldm0320 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank u

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pre-sorting would be better if the public could be relied on to do it competently......, but they probably can't except among groups like the Amish....; otherwise, manufacturers of plastic resins and their derived products SHOULD be req. to devise some way to distinguish the numbered resins OPTICALLY. Also, no container should be allowed to use more than ONE type of resin, i.e., the lid distinct from the body.....

    • @eliseweimholt2439
      @eliseweimholt2439 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      COMPLETELY agree with your one type of resin rule, this is the type of change we need to make at the product design stage.
      What do you think are the main barriers holding back the public from competently sorting their own recyclables?

  • @haripalyadav4141
    @haripalyadav4141 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Humko kam karna Mujhe vah kam karna aata hai plastic ka kam karna hai

  • @rosyperez8511
    @rosyperez8511 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanx for all you do but like someone said, there has to be a better way to sort this before it gets to u all. We should all cooperate not to let it get this far in this manner. Responsible consumers & vendors might b the answer.

  • @petroskefallinos8735
    @petroskefallinos8735 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So much technology so many brains and we still need humans to sort all of these materials? I don't accept it!

    • @pierrerossignon9941
      @pierrerossignon9941 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Feel free to change that.

    • @ruleaus7664
      @ruleaus7664 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      More jobs at least.

    • @benjaminsoethe5251
      @benjaminsoethe5251 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      if you don't like it. Change it.

    • @EmeraldView
      @EmeraldView 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Artificial intelligence is fast approaching. Eventually it will do it much faster and more accurately.
      Careful what you wish for.

    • @CSWDVT
      @CSWDVT  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      An increasing number of MRFs use optical sorting to detect materials and sort them correctly. They work with compressed air, robotic arms, or other automated technology to move items into the right place.

  • @JustARandomPerson12336
    @JustARandomPerson12336 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeet

  • @michelerich1590
    @michelerich1590 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is cool to see how its done, but seems like such a waste of time in the long run

  • @frederickreid951
    @frederickreid951 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    First of all you don't mix cardboard and paper with commingle