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TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO DO
A LITTLE TRASH TALKIN'...
WE'VE ALL BEEN TOLD ABOUT THE
IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING BUT
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE PRODUCTS
AFTER THEY'RE HAULED AWAY?
TARA HASTINGS DOES SOME
DIGGING AT RUMPKE TO FIND
OUT.. NEW AT 6.
3
ACCORDING TO THE EPA THE
AVERAGE AMERICAN PRODUCES MORE
THAN FOUR POUNDS OF WASTE PER
DAY AND MOST OF IT IS
RECYCLABLE. SO WE CAME HERE
TO RUMPKE TO FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN YOUR RECYABLES
LEAVE THE CURB. AFTER MAKING
ROUNDS IN DAYTON AND 35 OTHER
COMMUNITIES TRUCKS EMPTY THEIR
LOADS RIGHT ONTO THE FLOOR OF
RUMPKE RECYCLING. THE
MATERIAL IS THEN PUSHED WITH
FRONT END LOADERS AND BEGINS
ITS JOURNEY.WE TRY TO MAKE IT
AS EASY AS POSSIBLE ON THE
RECYCLERS SO ALL THE DIFFERENT
MATERIALS CAN BE PUT TOGETHER
IN ONE CONTAINER. MAKING IT
EASIER FOR YOU MEANS A LOT OF
SORTING FOR EMPLOYEES. WITH
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED TONS
COMING THROUGH THE FACILITY
DAILY THE CREW IS FAST BUT
EFFICIENT. FIRST GENERAL
SORTING:EIGHT WORKERS LINE THE
CONVEYOR BELT ALL WITH TRAINED
EYES. THE TASK IS TO FIND
WHAT'S TRASH AND STOP IT FROM
GETTING THROUGH. EACH MATERIAL
HAS A PLACE, CARDBOARD GOES
INTO ONE PILE, WHILE PAPER IS
ALLOWED THROUGH A SORTER.
EACH RECYCLED MATERIAL HAS ITS
OWN STATION - WHERE AGAIN
ITEMS ARE SORTED TO MAKE SURE
THE QUALITY REMAINS HIGH. THE
SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE
THE PUREST MATERIAL WE CAN TO
MANUFACTURERS AND USE IT TO
MAKE NEW THINGS.ONCE
EVERYTHING IS SORTED THE
MATERIAL TRAVELS UP ANOTHER
CONVEYOR BELT INTO A MACHINE.
HERE PLASTIC BOTTLES ARE
SQUISHED AND FORMED INTO A
LARGE SQUARE BALE. THE BALES
ARE THEN READY TO BE SENT TO
MANUFACTURERS WHO TURN
RECYCLABLES INTO OTHER
PRODUCTS. SO WHEN ALL OF THE
MATERIAL ARE PACKED UP AND
SHIPPED OUT THIS JUG BECOMES A
PLASTIC DRAINAGE PIPE AND THIS
POP BOTTLE BECOMES EITHER
CARPET OR THESE PLASTIC TIES.
PROVING WHAT YOU RECYCLE
REALLY DOES GET REUSED.I'M
METEOROLOGIST TARA HASTINGS 2
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