![]() ![]() Lara Simshauser: After that, the waste moves onto a conveyor belt where workers sort through the materials by hand and pull out recyclables. Jay Eby: So dirt and granular stuff falls out of it Lara Simshauser: It’s basically just a bunch of spinning knives that break the bags open.Įmily Tom: Then, it goes through a spinning tube that has small holes He says, first, the trash gets picked up on the curb and put into trucks, just like your normal trash system.Įmily Tom: Then, it gets taken to the facility where it’s run through the “bag breaker.” Lara Simshauser: To answer that question, we spoke with Jay Eby, he’s the founder of Patriot Disposal, a recycling company that uses this approach, and he walked us through the process. Megan Hall: So if I’m understanding this correctly, this approach lets you just dump all of your waste in one bin? Is this system legit? To find out, we had Lara Simshauser and Emily Tom from our Possibly Team look into this. Imagine if you didn’t have a recycling bin anymore- You just put everything in the trash, but somehow the reusable stuff still got recycled? Some places offer this service, but does it really work? Is it too good to be true? Megan Hall: Welcome to Possibly, where we take on huge problems like the future of our planet and break them down into small questions with unexpected answers. ![]()
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