Basics

In recycling it is best done with pre-sorting and/or labels/indicators on the plastic itself
In most collection systems this is do-able
The main area where this becomes an issue are small debris and/or degraded plastic
This is common in picking up waste such as Beach Plastic
Thus in order to aid in recycling efforts a sorting and processing workflow is needed
This page also assumes the user does not have a Plastic Type Sensor available
So far this page's process is mainly done via sink/float tanks, but we should also look into:
- Air Classification
- Froth Flotuation
- Misc advanced cyclones and hydrocyclones (may only be effective large scale, some papers were adapting mining processing techniques)

Process Proposal 1

Uses float/sink seperation using these media:
- Water
- Brine / Concentrated Salt Water
- Oil (most likely canola/rapeseed or mixed plant oil, but any oil should work)
- Potentially any alchohol, or sugar solution?

Plastic is collected
It is then held in "dirty side bulk storage" (most likely spread on tarps)
It is then photographed to easily document composition/type of products for data gathering purposes
It is then rinsed in water, cleaned with soap water, then rinsed to remove general dirt and salts
Then it is shredded
Then it is moved on "pre-sorted clean bluk storage"

First the plastic flakes are dumped into a container containing water (DI not needed, but will very "hard water" effect the process?)
1,3, 6 sink and 2, 4, 5 float
Then the streams are seperated (should manual batch skimming, then lifting up a bag/seive from the base be used, ***or*** , some sort of scaled down continous system be used?)