People live in a consumer-led society that produces immense amounts of waste materials from daily life.
As the world’s population continues to rise, demand for all products increases, and we consume everything from our daily food to the purchasing of electrical and tech goods.
It is estimated that by 2050, the number of raw materials that are needed to satisfy the demands will be the equivalent of two and a half Earths! Thankfully the increasing demands on finite resources is being offset by the rise in recycling facilities around the globe.
In recent decades it has become commonplace in the developed world for consumers to have access to recycling services, whether they be from council-run recycling collection services or public access facilities to drop off recyclable materials.
The recycling industry uses a significant amount of technology to enable these processes to run smoothly. Here are just three of the examples where technology is used to improve recycling processes.
The use of recycling balers
One of the key pieces of technology in any recycling plant is the use of recycling balers. These are used to compact recycling materials such as plastic, paper, and aluminum into a dense block of raw material, which can then be easily stored and transported.
The use of this technology saves immense amounts of time and effort when compacting raw materials and means that higher volumes of these materials can be stored than would be possible simply by human effort.
It is fair to say that recycling balers have revolutionized the recycling industry, and their use reduces the time and effort required to complete the compacting processes significantly.
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RFID technology
Look at your recycling bin next time you put your recycling rubbish out for collection. You may find that it has a radio frequency identification (RFID) device attached to it. By using an electronic system of tags and receiver units in the recycling industry, companies can gain a clear picture of which households are contributing waste to recycling.
The recycling trucks can weigh the amount of waste and determine where it came from. This information is relayed wirelessly to the recycling center and when all data is combined, the managers can have valuable insights into both the demand for recycling in the local communities and the volume of waste that is being produced.
This information may then be used to determine which areas may require some kinds of incentivization schemes to improve the amount of waste that is offered for collection.
Customer relationship management software
A growing number of recycling companies now utilize the benefits of customer relationship management software (CRM) in their day-to-day operations.
This technology is of vital importance in building strong channels of communication between the recycling company and the service users. It can be used to educate customers on what materials can be recycled and when there are changes in collection services.
Today it is used alongside social media channels to keep the public or service users up to date with recycling developments and helps to ensure that recycling is both efficient and insufficient volumes.
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