Ideas

noble idea but how would it work? with out a idea of how this project would work its just that... a dream

Well, Edmonton has a program sort of like this. Anything recyclable goes in a blue bag and garbage in the other, it kicks a**

However, you have to pay for it in property taxes. I don't know what the exact cost is but is likely between $100-200+ per house per year. Obviously the more work you offload onto the city the more $ it costs.

It is easily doable, if the people are willing to pay for it.

The process in my mind would be to create a unit that would crush everything in fine particles.

Then the particles and gas would be separated with different systems in a conveyor chain.

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ok then why don't u work that into your pitch?

intresting buddy! all the best!

I would work on the pitch...

But for some reason I can't edit my ideas when they are on the second page or third.
I can only edit my first page of ideas?

I have to wait for CH to fix the bug.

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I'd have assumed such an approach to recycling would be doable... it would certainly make sense to have all the sorting optimized at one spot by some specialized equipment, rather then everyone doing it slowly by hand. But there's got to be a reason recycling isn't done that way or every city would be doing it. (That is my guess.)

Hey I just saw this great article by THE ECONOMIST on recycling...

http://economist.co....cfm?story_id=9249262

...it mentions single-stream recycling:

Originally kerbside programmes asked people to put paper, glass and cans into separate bins. But now the trend is toward co-mingled or “single stream” collection. About 700 of America's 10,000 kerbside programmes now use this approach, says Kate Krebs, executive director of America's National Recycling Coalition. But the switch can make people suspicious: if there is no longer any need to separate different materials, people may conclude that the waste is simply being buried or burned. In fact, the switch towards single-stream collection is being driven by new technologies that can identify and sort the various materials with little or no human intervention. Single-stream collection makes it more convenient for householders to recycle, and means that more materials are diverted from the waste stream.

This is great news...

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