1. Recycling A Virtual Tour
Tin takes years to break down but can be recycled in 60 days
Glass takes 500,000 – 1 million years to break down but can be recycled in days
Plastic never breaks down but can be recycled in days
More money with single stream because consumers don’t really separate it correctly

2. This is the recycling plant in Birdsboro, PA

3. Single stream recycling is dumped at the plant
Average of 4-6 tons per day and one day per week is 15 tons

4. Includes paper, cardboard, newspaper, plastic, aluminum, glass, tin and loose metal

5. There is a 5 man crew – 3 separating and 2 controlling – they separate this stuff by hand!!
The laser does separate the aluminum though and a magnet separates out tin and metal

7. Everything else goes up this belt

8. The tumbler spins around to separate the small stuff

10. The glass goes down this black tube into a glass crusher