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How Recycling Gets Sorted Florida Style

Sorting Brevard's recyclables The recyclables Orange County are taken to MERF a facility on John Rodes Boulevard, where they are BREVARD CO. With "single-stream" recycling, residents combine metal, paper, glass and plastics in the same bin. After being picked up, though, the recyclables must be sorted. This happens at a Materials Recovery Facility, or MERF, in Orlando. From there, the sorted recyclables are sent to other states and countries to be turned into new products. ORANGE CO. transferred to trucks and taken John Rodes Boulevard facility in Melboune to the MERF in Orange County. How paper gets sorted Here's how fibrous material, such as paper, gets sorted. The process is similar for other recyclables. RECYCLE Up the conveyor Unsorted recyclables are dumped on the MERF's floor, then moved to a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt 31 keeps stream of recyclables moving Source: Materials Recovery Facility Technology Review, Sept. 2009, Kessler Consulting Inc. Reference photos: Michael R. Brown, FLORIDA TODAY eesey, Jim Wa and T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY Text: Jeff Graphics: T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY her Machine sorting Lighter-weight paper, such as mail and office paper, is mechanically separated from metals, glass and plastic. Sorting by hand Cardboard and trash are manually removed. Cardboard and 4. paper may be baled Sorting by hand, again Big pile Next stop: Paper mill Debris such as tennis shoes and other non-recyclables that weren't detected before are removed. The conveyor belt then drops the sorted paper in piles. Loose paper is trucked to paper mills in Jacksonville and Georgia. Sorting Brevard's recyclables The recyclables Orange County are taken to MERF a facility on John Rodes Boulevard, where they are BREVARD CO. With "single-stream" recycling, residents combine metal, paper, glass and plastics in the same bin. After being picked up, though, the recyclables must be sorted. This happens at a Materials Recovery Facility, or MERF, in Orlando. From there, the sorted recyclables are sent to other states and countries to be turned into new products. 44 ORANGE CO. transferred to trucks and taken John Rodes Boulevard facility in Melboune to the MERF in Orange County. How paper gets sorted Here's how fibrous material, such as paper, gets sorted. The process is similar for other recyclables. RECYCLE Up the conveyor 1 Unsorted recyclables are dumped on the MERF's floor, then moved to a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt 31 keeps stream of recyclables moving Source: Materials Recovery Facility Technology Review, Sept. 2009, Kessler Consulting Inc. Reference photos: Michael R. Brown, FLORIDA TODAY eesey, Jim Wa and T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY Text: Jeff Graphics: T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY her Machine sorting Lighter-weight paper, such as mail and office paper, is mechanically separated from metals, glass and plastic. Sorting by hand Cardboard and trash are manually removed. Cardboard and 4. paper may be baled Sorting by hand, again Big pile Next stop: Paper mill Debris such as tennis shoes and other non-recyclables that weren't detected before are removed. The conveyor belt then drops the sorted paper in piles. Loose paper is trucked to paper mills in Jacksonville and Georgia. Sorting Brevard's recyclables The recyclables Orange County are taken to MERF a facility on John Rodes Boulevard, where they are BREVARD CO. With "single-stream" recycling, residents combine metal, paper, glass and plastics in the same bin. After being picked up, though, the recyclables must be sorted. This happens at a Materials Recovery Facility, or MERF, in Orlando. From there, the sorted recyclables are sent to other states and countries to be turned into new products. 44 ORANGE CO. transferred to trucks and taken John Rodes Boulevard facility in Melboune to the MERF in Orange County. How paper gets sorted Here's how fibrous material, such as paper, gets sorted. The process is similar for other recyclables. RECYCLE Up the conveyor 1 Unsorted recyclables are dumped on the MERF's floor, then moved to a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt 31 keeps stream of recyclables moving Source: Materials Recovery Facility Technology Review, Sept. 2009, Kessler Consulting Inc. Reference photos: Michael R. Brown, FLORIDA TODAY eesey, Jim Wa and T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY Text: Jeff Graphics: T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY her Machine sorting Lighter-weight paper, such as mail and office paper, is mechanically separated from metals, glass and plastic. Sorting by hand Cardboard and trash are manually removed. Cardboard and 4. paper may be baled Sorting by hand, again Big pile Next stop: Paper mill Debris such as tennis shoes and other non-recyclables that weren't detected before are removed. The conveyor belt then drops the sorted paper in piles. Loose paper is trucked to paper mills in Jacksonville and Georgia. Sorting Brevard's recyclables The recyclables Orange County are taken to MERF a facility on John Rodes Boulevard, where they are BREVARD CO. With "single-stream" recycling, residents combine metal, paper, glass and plastics in the same bin. After being picked up, though, the recyclables must be sorted. This happens at a Materials Recovery Facility, or MERF, in Orlando. From there, the sorted recyclables are sent to other states and countries to be turned into new products. 44 ORANGE CO. transferred to trucks and taken John Rodes Boulevard facility in Melboune to the MERF in Orange County. How paper gets sorted Here's how fibrous material, such as paper, gets sorted. The process is similar for other recyclables. RECYCLE Up the conveyor 1 Unsorted recyclables are dumped on the MERF's floor, then moved to a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt 31 keeps stream of recyclables moving Source: Materials Recovery Facility Technology Review, Sept. 2009, Kessler Consulting Inc. Reference photos: Michael R. Brown, FLORIDA TODAY eesey, Jim Wa and T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY Text: Jeff Graphics: T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY her Machine sorting Lighter-weight paper, such as mail and office paper, is mechanically separated from metals, glass and plastic. Sorting by hand Cardboard and trash are manually removed. Cardboard and 4. paper may be baled Sorting by hand, again Big pile Next stop: Paper mill Debris such as tennis shoes and other non-recyclables that weren't detected before are removed. The conveyor belt then drops the sorted paper in piles. Loose paper is trucked to paper mills in Jacksonville and Georgia. Sorting Brevard's recyclables The recyclables Orange County are taken to MERF a facility on John Rodes Boulevard, where they are BREVARD CO. With "single-stream" recycling, residents combine metal, paper, glass and plastics in the same bin. After being picked up, though, the recyclables must be sorted. This happens at a Materials Recovery Facility, or MERF, in Orlando. From there, the sorted recyclables are sent to other states and countries to be turned into new products. 44 ORANGE CO. transferred to trucks and taken John Rodes Boulevard facility in Melboune to the MERF in Orange County. How paper gets sorted Here's how fibrous material, such as paper, gets sorted. The process is similar for other recyclables. RECYCLE Up the conveyor 1 Unsorted recyclables are dumped on the MERF's floor, then moved to a conveyor belt. Conveyor belt 31 keeps stream of recyclables moving Source: Materials Recovery Facility Technology Review, Sept. 2009, Kessler Consulting Inc. Reference photos: Michael R. Brown, FLORIDA TODAY eesey, Jim Wa and T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY Text: Jeff Graphics: T. Standish, FLORIDA TODAY her Machine sorting Lighter-weight paper, such as mail and office paper, is mechanically separated from metals, glass and plastic. Sorting by hand Cardboard and trash are manually removed. Cardboard and 4. paper may be baled Sorting by hand, again Big pile Next stop: Paper mill Debris such as tennis shoes and other non-recyclables that weren't detected before are removed. The conveyor belt then drops the sorted paper in piles. Loose paper is trucked to paper mills in Jacksonville and Georgia.

How Recycling Gets Sorted Florida Style

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Find out how recyclables get sorted using Brevard County in Florida as an example.

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