Waste Management Single-Stream Recycling: Take a tour of our Philadelphia MRF

[@sweetfunnyawsome]

Garbage workers should be appreciated because without them our world would be trash

[@shamikroy]

WM is doing a real good job.

[@hermesbjr]

The government of Recife - Brazil needs to watch this video. The most wonderful city in the country has very serious problems of sanitation and waste recycling.

[@notstarboard]

I love the guy struggling to use the touch screen at 1:10 just as the woman says WM is "constantly looking at the newest and latest technology"

[@MyMPPM]

the narrator answers your question, "now at this facility ... film plastics and 1 - 7 plastics" implication is that not always that way at this facility, and not all facilities the same.

[@thelastEnderBender]

THANK YOU this really helped me on my report 5 school#thank u

[@paulinspring]

i wish they had discussed the economics of recycling. In my community in Texas, everyone has to pay a premium for recycling even though only a minority of us actually recycle. What will it take for the value of materials recovered to cover the cost? Also, our waste company has to run two trucks each trash day, so I suspect that second truck does more environmental damage than the environmental good of recovering raw materials.

[@stevezingerman4956]

Most people employed at our big recycle plant are half-way house criminals. At least the ones on the separating line. Landfills could be almost non-existent if we recycled more. The leftovers could be incinerated in a non toxic furnace. Energy would be made, fewer landfill tonnage.

[@atomgonuclear]

Neat video. Waste Management is an awesome company. They don't just do trash. They actually provide energy for millions of homes as well. There is a lot more to trash removal than people realize. The common perception is that you just bring it to the curb and it "disappears", but there is actually a whole world of technology behind it.

[@wastemanagement]

It depends on the facility. You can also get additional information by visiting the Earth 911 blog.

[@JuBrew]

As an American who has lived abroad in Japan, it makes me really sad to see how much work people have to do just because we are so lazy and nonchalant about separating out own recycling. I'm glad there is a way to sort it all out, but I wish people cared more and understood the processes that are created and carried out for their own benefit each and every day.

[@RWSmith-gk4xw]

I effin love recycling.

[@recycleman975]

it's better to seperate them by yourself than putting them mixed

[@wastemanagement]

We appreciate your support. Thank you!

[@Iwilldestroyyoo]

You people have become the gestapo of the waste management industry, it’s disgusting.

[@springfield03sniper]

I'm glad they are trying. It's really about money though. The more they can salvage, the more they can ship over to china for money.

[@MithunOnTheNet]

What percentage of garbage WM processes lands up in a landfill? Does WM have the technology to convert/burn garbage into electricity?

[@SulfurousJesus]

Waste Managment needs to hire on people. At my facility we got a 5 to 3 ratio of temps to company employees working. I been working at my MRF for 1.5 years and am STILL a temp. A coworker of mine, 2.5ish years. Still a temp. She also makes a quarter above minumum wage, the same as the rest of us. Its not fair, but I work hard for it. Got promoted to foreman over a month ago. And our bails are below 95% purity. That part made me laugh, haha.

[@kennybird]

The narrator's voice reminds me of the resident evil movies.

[@ridovem]

The woman who's putting her recycling out (@1:49) empties her plastic bag and then puts it in her pocket (see @1:52). Is she responding to a request NOT to include plastic bags in her "single stream" container? ^..^

[@gregelliott5016]

Well it's 2021.

[@samirberisa8644]

In Canada we sort the waste before it gets picked up by waste management

[@marilynd7237]

Sure would be nice if Waste Management would walk their talk here in Yamhill County, Oregon. But dumping unsorted garbage at the Riverbend Landfill on the banks of the Yamhill River is definitely a money maker. Waste Management just received permission from commissioners George and Springer to expand the huge dump in the middle of the Willamette Valley. No worry about capturing recyclable materials, just drive up and dump all your unsorted garbage. A huge money maker for corporate stockholders.

[@per_ringnes]

why are people mad about recycling?

[@megalomaniac7972]

Where do you put the actual trash? in the same bin?

[@MrLazzyG]

5:03 you missed the aluminium can :D

[@myfeeling4you]

wet paper and cardboard, if clean are pulped, meaning they are boiled with hot water so being wet makes no difference.The only thing recyclers won't accept is contaminated material.

[@Mishugana]

What is a paper magnet?

[@longIslandCop]

In Japan, the separation of trash done by house hold. Metal trash, Glass trash, Paper, perishable 4 categories taken out in separate date of a week.

[@navyblue1973ify]

It would be wonderful to have a plant like this in Garden City Kansas. We need something like this to clean up Southwest Kansas. Educate the public on what is available, and I think they will start being more conscious of their every day waste disposal.

[@andreik4321]

Recycling help the economy of a country.

[@billkeller7390]

Great video, beginning with recycling of tired old cliches, "one man's trash . . .treasure" at the beginning! Good video about a great and evolving movement.

[@sunilsai6271]

This is a great great great channel about the most important topic of the world - waste! Thanks a lot for all your uploads! I personally take waste management very seriously! I even use an iPhone app called "unused" by lokesh which helps me track all my items in my home per different categories like electronics etc and then helps me to sell it or give it to charity etc. it even tells me how much money i made using unused items. waste is not just plastic etc, even unused things! God Bless!

[@rowland5951]

Need some robots sorters in there.

[@Bikes5969]

Hello. I work at Burrtec in Rancho Cucamonga California. I work on the line like the ones shown in video. I was wondering if anyone else here works like this in another state. How much do you guys get paid.

[@DavidKlausa]

manuel gonza Check on glassdoor.com

[@anderivative]

manuel gonza What's the worst common things that comes thru the line? I'm going to guess food sticking perfectly good stuff together!

[@elisoil]

How can one engage their solutions in Nigeria?

[@TurboGSR96]

@ILuvCaroline having a moment? WM has nothing to do with turning recyclables into new material, they simply collect, sort and package for companies to purchase to turn into something new.

[@pablomoralesandreau]

This is very interesting, but... what abot all the energy they spend in this place? all those machines moving so fast... I wonder if the cost-benefit really justify the cause. And... I see all those shiti products and different kinds of packaging and I think that... it will be better if we stop using many of those stupid products that are not really necesary for life. What do u think?

[@yuansalen]

Hello

[@yuansalen]

Hi

[@myfeeling4you]

Hi, I've read many people over in the States are paid poorly,it saddens me as you good folk are very patriotic,you fight for a cause yet there are so many people unemployed and homeless. The US has to compete with China yet your wages are low too so who is making the money? big business and the white collar sector. There is a division now between the reral workers as we see here in this vid and those behind the scenes getting paid huge salaries for for doing very little,I don't understand why.

[@UnitedPebbles]

Or how about address the issue at home, thus reducing the effort of classifying "waste" objects into either functionality or chemical content? I.e. give consumer an incentive to recycle, make it easier to classify their recycle "waste"? I mean you only have metal, paper, plastic, glass. Metal and glass is rarer than paper and plastic. It doesn't have to be perfect. These materials are not pure in the beginning, nor are re -use because the materials need to be pure.

[@bouttobreak12]

thank you for recycling for us.

[@robertmariduena4844]

How is single-stream recycling going to effect the trash and recycling bins that we use in our offices and homes? The next step of single-stream recycling should address old landfills that have been collecting mixed waste for the past century!

[@UnitedPebbles]

Yeah dudes, if you actually buried these right...millions years from now, those landfills would turned into mines of valuable resources of aluminum, oil, and other mineral and salts. WM is the shizzy as future landowner of mines across North America.

[@xomegannnnn]

Is there someone I can contact at the facility about an environmental science project?

[@bellezayverdad]

If it wasn't for the laziness of people when it comes to separate their waste, this recycling technic would not have any sense... Is it really that difficult to separate one's waste in three different containers?

[@robertk3850]

Why not they are getting PAID to pick the scrap up and waste....Big money in JUNK and paper, glass etc.....................

[@daltonslone]

im 14 and there is a road above me so I climb up a hill and pick up cans and plastic bottles but I cant get glass cause there is no glass reclycing place where I live or I would have tons of glass to move

[@Barkforum]

Don't you think all garbage should be recycled? WM is a great company but needs to refuse to bring trash to the landfill for communties that don't participate in recycling. Don't wait for communities to ask for recycling services - just do it. Scandinavia has virtually no waste stream. Learn to live sustainably @: www.barkforum.com

[@DavidKlausa]

I wonder why this video does not show people discarding caps from plastic bottles before recycling them - in most places you're supposed to do that.

[@KevinSun242]

2:03 I hate watching people place their bins like that... making the operator of an automatic garbage truck get out anyways to turn it facing the right way.

[@orrd]

The first three and a half minutes of this video is corporate bullshit... basically a cheesy ad about how great WM is. Same for the last part. Only about 3 minutes in the middle is actual content about how single-stream recycling actually works.

[@erickyoung8453]

sickkk 2011 vid

[@georgewashington8338]

jesus they have to do so much in so little time, those conveyors are FLYING past them piled with crap and they have to sort out everything

[@Woggyflush]

of course, a real paper magnet would be impossible, as paper is non-magnetic. I checked WM's website and found, they use the word only as a figure of speech. Actually, it's just an overhead vacuum cleaner, like the one shown in the video which sucks up the plastic bags. hope I could help

[@leehaelters6182]

I can imagine an electrostatic attractor.

[@150ftrek]

so what happens if it rains on the reclebles and they get soaking wet? how does the paper get recycled then? thanks

[@KingOfTheEngineers]

I can't believe the workers can sort that quickly all day long. Really a sucky job, and I don't think they are paid what they deserve.

[@rdcc1945]

we have a question. what about the wet waste (i.e. the food waste generated from restaurants and households). How does that food waste is taken care by your single stream recycling system?

[@GuyMarsdenMakesStuff]

Organic waste is a completely separate process. Some municipalities are now setting up systems to recover this waste to use as agricultural fertilizer and/or bio fuel.

[@ahakamaki]

Seems 3D-work to me: dirty, dull and also dangerous (small particles in the air, smell etc.. I hope this kind a work will be robotized asap.

[@Cosmic-Wanderer]

Veolia mrf in gilmoss needs a health an safety check asap the dust levels in there are disgusting

[@TsunauticusIV]

Fantastic job waste management!

[@DeanWilson-i8c]

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[@sitoda1]

I work here I wana get hired with the company and Im a screen cleaner n I du a good job

[@JosephPearce-i6w]

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[@laurawong570]

Who do you guys sell it to wastemanagement ? Do you Guys sell it to local farmers that are starting a new garden?

[@CheapSushi]

Really great video actually. Something I don't think to deep about. So it was neat seeing the process.

[@SenehaKhatun-r2q]

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[@simonnoellington4523]

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[@OUfootballAuthority]

I work at WM, and it is a nightmare. They pay pretty good and have decent benefits, but the flip side is they are the worst company in America to work for. They monitor you with camera's in the truck and at the facilities. If they see you so much as take your eyes off the road for a second, you get 3 days off without pay. Managers will treat you like you are incompetent despite the fact that they have no idea how to do the job themselves. You work long hours, the equipment they have is outdated, broken, and violating multiple DOT and environmental laws. Very few trucks have A/C and you are EXPECTED to work overtime, no choice in the matter. The managers will reprimand you if you go slow and try to be safe. But if you get in an accident or something malfunctions on the truck, then you will be stabbed in the back by the same managers and given 3 days off with no pay. There is a lot more I could tell you, but honestly, WM will probably punish me just for saying what I wrote here. But if you don't believe me, just stop you local WM trash driver and ask him.

[@cindymadrid7143]

i hate nuclear waste landfills... ans way to go WM keep up the good work

[@MrMacman98]

The disk screen is called a classifier

[@kimberlyaudley8495]

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[@flyersfan6692]

my new full time job

[@everythingrubbish7993]

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[@ThuTran-ir7eg]

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[@ahakamaki]

Search another video by 'Zen Robotics' to see a modern solution

[@alexlovesjesus2]

How I can recycle my garbage I live en green acres west Palm beach Florida.

[@langerhanna]

It would be nice if all garbage was gone through and all the recycling taken out

[@Flopsaurus]

7:14 is the end of the video.

[@4148866]

One day all garbage will be recycled, I'm sure you are already looking into methods and machines, what about the giant turbines that grind up all the waste then use it as a source of clean energy? The problem with that is you've gotta keep buying those Smoke Stack filters, the ideal would be for WM to own the production of the filters and to then buy them at or below cost. 100% reuse of all waste materials is here, it just hasn't been fully implemented. Great job on the 1 stream Recycling!

[@MrAllama123]

My grandfather has watched this video and is very impressed. He is from India and wants to introduce this video to schoolchildren in India in order to improve waste management in India as well. Can he download and display this video to schoolchildren in Mysore City, Karnataka, India?

[@SulfurousJesus]

Should probably also include our facility doesn't use fancy optical screens of any kind, its all done manually. We got several sets of screens, a magnet, an eddy current, and lots of people sperating the material. But that's all for the MRF.

[@UnitedPebbles]

I heard most of the people that worked at WM are either obsessed with reuse trash or are really careless. I would be crazy too if bombard with so many things and ask to find a solution for it.

[@dtothelu]

Better cheap wages at a shitty job than no job at all.

[@UnitedPebbles]

Pardon me? Are we still talking about waste and trash?

[@Memiss]

im doing this in my geography lesson in school

[@jman1948]

Shouldn't be a problem to download it.

[@Memiss]

this is fucking swag

[@081210112405]

Where is San Ramon? Is it in the US? What state?

[@user-sl4rh9gl5e]

New York separate paper can or bottles, this way better

[@activebinhire1575]

Amazing video! The way the waste has been recycled in the video is really great. Keep the work up.

[@ameenahsoliman7751]

I was looking for more information on your paper magnet innovation, do you know where I can find it?

[@skitter43]

how i wish i could be able to download your video and show it to my community Environmental Department. Keep up the great job that you are doing to clean up you city an

[@hassankuya]

it is a wise idea to recycle waste materials because to a great extent it is economical and vital for a healthy environment

[@alejandrosalazar5550]

WM, do you think the best option is the Single Stream recycling? What are doing the people with organic waste? How avoid the contamination of recycling waste with organic waste?

[@Nokichel]

What I would do is to take the organic waste and use it as compost for my plants... just as simply trow the peel of my bananas and place them there. I guess :)

[@DavidKlausa]

Alejandro Salazar Desgraciadamente, most places in the USA don't have any organic waste plan, so either individuals compost it themselves or it goes to a landfill. And NO! The best option is never Single Stream. The more you sort your recycling, the more efficient the process is. For example, in my city, glass in single stream is crushed and used as "ADC" in the landfill, whereas glass separated and taken to a recycling facility is remade into bottles. And to avoid food/liquid contamination, all containers should be empty and rinsed.

[@EvolutionIXRR]

Workers not wearing mask?

[@mjmaurer]

The factory tour starts at 3:30. Before that is corporate introduction.

[@franklinbarrero8989]

Necesito su opinion sobre que equipos deberemos de adquirir para manejar 1000 toneladas diarias de basura en nuestra ciudades en Colombia.,y si ustedes estarian interesados en construirnos una planta llave en mano

[@DavidKlausa]

Franklin Barrero Mejor vea su sitio.

[@xenirov]

Amazing stuff, we try to do a bit here in India but we're way behind...

[@jkoteswararaoni-msme3086]

Best of a machine

[@kimberlyblevins5952]

I think programs such as single-stream recycling are making great strides in helping the environment. The average person does not have the time or concern to sort all of their waste products. By having a system that sorts for the 'average Joe' is such a great idea. I find the process very clever as well. I wonder if there is a process that can be done to pay recyclers for multiple types of materials the way they pay you for bringing in cans and bottles individually. I am sure that the waste management businesses make a lot of money without having to pay people for their contribution with the single-stream process.

[@katherinethomas8638]

What a great video showing how people and technology have made a once difficult process more simple. My community offers single-stream recycling. It's a great way to get everyone involved...thanks!