Recently opened Canadian facility features robotic and optical tech

摘要

As of last October, the Canadian city of Winnipeg has been sending its household recyclables to a technology-heavy MRF that uses seven optical sorters and a robot. Owned and operated by GFL Environmental, the 80,000-square-foot facility brings in all residential material from Manitoba's capital city, population 764,000. The single-stream residential collection program in Winnipeg uses carts, and the MRF also takes in commercial material as well as recyclables from other communities. Approximately 40 trucks collect recyclables from about 40,000 households each day, and each truck typically makes two daily deliveries to the MRF. Using a separate sorting line, the facility also processes commercial recyclables, with the collection approach varying depending on the source.