RECOVERY OF SALVAGEABLE COMPONENTS FROM SOLID WASTE MATERIAL

摘要

Glass and aluminum are recovered from a mixture of solid waste, such as municipal waste, by reducing the frangible portions of the waste to a size less than a preselected maximum size, centrifugally treating the reduced portions to divide the glass, aluminum and other inorganics from the fibrous and other organic components, separating the aluminum from the glass and other inorganics, and segregating the colorless glass from the remaining, relatively opaque inorganics.