Here is the Materials Recovery Facility
(where they sort and bale incoming co-mingled recycling for market) I mentioned in the
last post.
"What an odd
scale" I thought to myself before I realized that it was for the tow wheeled donkey carts,
not the large trucks like we have in the US. Most scales I have seen in the states
are all large enough to fit an 18 wheeler.
Every
commodity category is sorted here; by hand. Green PET from clear , Tetra pak,
paper, shredded paper, rigid plastic, film clear, film mixed, aluminum, steal,
etc…
In many
cities in the states there is no market for Tetra Paks, by no means do they fetch a good
price here in Bogota, but at least they are recycling them.
They even separate out the clear PET that contained cooking oil. I
believe it has a lower value than the normal PET (or at least keeps the normal
PET price higher with it out of the mix), and there is so much food that is fried in
cooking oil here, it may warrant its own stream.
I loved
this! I have never seen a bale bound together with twine in the States. All
balers I have seen before use a metal cable. The baler in this facility puts
this operations miles ahead of the rest of the recycling centers in Bogota, but
it has its differences than the States.
Bales of
Tetra Paks and more ready for market.
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