Recycling Factory Design ProjectDue January 30, 2012

Project Objective

• Design a recycling factory that will sort the “ZeroSort” recycling mix that comes into the factory.

• You must do the sorting to isolate the following materials into separate bins– Soda cans (Al)– Tin cans(Fe)– Plastics separated by recycling number– Paper separated into white paper; Newspaper;

cardboard

Tin (Fe)Soda

(Al)Plastic 4

(LDPE)

Plastic 6 (PS)Plastic 5

(PP)

Plastic 1 (PETE)

Plastic 3 (PVC)Plastic 2

(HDPE)

Paper (White)

Paper(Card

board)Paper (Newspaper)

Metal

Paper

Plastic

Unsorted Recycling IN

Examples of the Sorted Output

Al Cans HDPE

Cardboard Recycled Paper coming out of Pulp Factory

Use Mostly Automation

Minimize the number of factory workers

Present Your Proposal to “Angel Investment Firms”