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*Research/Make Policies (please clean the recycling, reduce as well as you can...)
*Research/Make Policies (please clean the recycling, reduce as well as you can...)
*Research Pricing
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*[https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/guide-facts-and-figures-report-about-materials EPA Page on SMW composition]


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Revision as of 18:01, 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"
    • Numerous small human powered or small ev's to cover the local area
  • 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

Internal Links

External Links