 Commingled plastics and glass
Commingled plastic
and glass
Collection vehicle
Receiving hopper
conveyor
Manual sorting
Plastics separated
according to types
Manual sorting
Clear glass, crushed for
storage
Vibrating screen
Residual materials to
landfill
conveyor
conveyor
Mixed glass
conveyor
Glass crusher
Forklift
Glass crusher
Forklift
Shipping
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Aluminum and tin cans
Commingled aluminum
and tin cans
Collection vehicle
Receiving hopper
conveyor
Overhead magnetic
Tin cans baled or
crushed
Pulley magnet
Tin cans baled or
crushed
conveyor
Aluminum
cans
Balers or can crusher
Forklift or pneumatic
conveyor
Storage of baled or crushed cans
Forklift
Shipping
See figure 9-22 page 279
 Flow diagram for the recovery of waste materials from commingled MSW
Commingled MSW
Source-separated materials
Collection vehicle
Receiving area
Front-end loader used
to spread waste for
presorting
Front-end loader,
floor and inclined
conveyor system
First-stage manual
presorting
Second-stage manual
presorting
Inclined Conveyor
 Cardboard
 Source separated materials in
see through bags
 Cardboard
Bulky items
 White goods
 Other contaminants
Collection vehicle
 Cardboard
 Other large items
Cardboard Bagged commingled
recyclable materials
Bag breaker
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
Conveyor
First-stage manual
sorting
Conveyor
Screening (Disc or
trommel)
Conveyor
Conveyor
Second-stage
Over size material
manual sorting
Conveyor
Magnetic separation
Truck
Paper
Cardboard
Plastics
Glass
Aluminum cans
Tin cans
Ferrous
metals
Conveyor
Shredding
combustion
Landfill
Compost for intermediate
landfill cover
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Paper
Plastics
Glass
Alum&
Tin cans
 Flow diagram for the recovery of waste materials from commingled MSW
conventional (with shredder)
Commingled MSW
Collection vehicle
Receiving area
Front-end loader
 Bulky items
 White goods
 cardboard
Manual removal of
materials
Front-end loader, conveyor system
Shredding
Conveyor
Air to
atmosphere
Air
classification
Pneumatic conveyor
Conveyor
Magnetic
separation
Light fraction
Cyclone separator
Dust collection
Conveyor
Dust
Heavy fraction
Mainly organic
fraction
Residue to
landfill
Ferrous
metals
 Flow diagram for the recovery of waste materials from commingled MSW
shear shredder and trommel
Commingled MSW
Collection vehicle
Receiving area
Front-end loader
Manual removal of
materials
 Bulky items
 White goods
 cardboard
Front-end loader, conveyor system
Residue to
landfill
Shear shredder
Conveyor
Conveyor
Screening (trommel)
Over size material
Shredding
Screen
Conveyor
Size cut 2
Conveyor
Magnetic separation
Ferrous metals
Magnetic separation
Air classification
Cyclone
Mainly
organic
fraction
Ferrous metals
Residue to landfill
Dust collection
Air to
atmosphere
metals
Dust
Figure 9-36 page 304 is an important diagram for exams