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*A Service that could be offered by makerspaces / [[OSEH]] 's for material input, and income
*A Service that could be offered by makerspaces / [[OSEH]] 's for material input, and income
*Essentially a similar transportation model to the "newspaper delivery kid on bike"
*Essentially a similar transportation model to the "newspaper delivery kid on bike"
**Numerous small human powered or small ev's to cover the local area
**Numerous bikes/ [[Human Powered Vehicles]] or [[LSEV]]s to cover the local area
*Could allow for
*Could allow for
**Metal Recycling / Scrap Metal (mainly aluminium and Steel )
**Metal Recycling / Scrap Metal (mainly aluminium and Steel )
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*Research Pricing
*Research Pricing


==Data Trashcan==
*[https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/guide-facts-and-figures-report-about-materials EPA Page on SMW composition]
*[https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Typical-composition-of-plastic-waste-within-MSW-12_tbl2_320142206 Plastic Composition of MSW Flows]
==Cost Customer Pays==
===Industry Standards===
*[https://www.costowl.com/home-improvement/home-services-recycling-pickup-cost.html#:~:text=Generally%20speaking%2C%20you%20can%20expect,%242.50%20to%20%247.50%20per%20bin. According to this] : "Generally speaking, you can expect to '''pay approximately $5 to $25 per month for weekly or biweekly curbside recycling services'''. This fee typically includes one bin for paper products and another for metal and plastic. If you exceed this limit, you might pay an additional $2.50 to $7.50 per bin"
=== "Run" Planning===
====Plastic Only====
*A Bike can pull ~250kg at ~10km/hr
*[[https://izismile.com/2020/04/15/man_sorts_out_250_kg_of_plastic_he_removed_from_a_beach_in_his_backyard_37_pics.html This is what 250kg of plastic looks like in shredded/reduced form]]
*SO thinking 4-5 "bins" / bags and possibly a shredder/shears for reducing things if need be
*Bales
=Internal Links=
=Internal Links=
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*[[MSW]]
*[https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/wiki/Construction_Sets#Materials_Aquisition.2FRefining.2FRecycling This Section of the "Construction Sets" OSE Wiki Page]


=External Links=
=External Links=
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*[http://www.macpresse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Brochure-Plastic-materials_ENG-WEB.pdf Potential Source For Compressed Bale Density]

Latest revision as of 21:31, 15 July 2020

Basics

  • A Service that could be offered by makerspaces / OSEH 's for material input, and income
  • Essentially a similar transportation model to the "newspaper delivery kid on bike"
  • Could allow for
    • Metal Recycling / Scrap Metal (mainly aluminium and Steel )
    • Plastic Recycling (Need analysis on average waste divided by material (what percent abs etc)
    • Could also do biomass / paper / waste perhaps for use in paper/wood composites or as fuel for some sort of WTE system (pyrolysis, anerobic digestion, etc)

Analysis

To-Do

  • Calculate average waste outflow per USA household
  • Calculate percentage of total mass of materials out of the whole flow
  • Calculate maximum feasable range + cost of transport labor/fuel (if not human powered)
  • Research Bike Trailer Options, Small EV's
  • Explore if small shredders/hammermills could be of use for reduction
  • Research/Make Policies (please clean the recycling, reduce as well as you can...)
  • Research Pricing

Data Trashcan

Cost Customer Pays

Industry Standards

  • According to this : "Generally speaking, you can expect to pay approximately $5 to $25 per month for weekly or biweekly curbside recycling services. This fee typically includes one bin for paper products and another for metal and plastic. If you exceed this limit, you might pay an additional $2.50 to $7.50 per bin"

"Run" Planning

Plastic Only

Internal Links

External Links