Corporate Responsibility in Practice: Co-processing …
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Fig. 5 ARLeV flowchart
Associate takes manually the material to the platform: After the truck leaves
the recyclable waste, an associate is in charge of taking this waste to a platform of
approximately 1 m, which is connected to the conveyor. He puts the material on the
platform according to the rhythm of the conveyor.
Associate opens the bags and pushes waste to the conveyor: Another employee
stays on top of the platform opening the closed garbage bags to facilitate the screening
stage and forwards the waste that are on it to the conveyor with the aid of a broom.
Associates separate the waste into 22 categories in big bags: eight associates
stay along the conveyor (Fig. 6) to separate recyclable materials. Each separate as
many items as possible and put them into big bags, which are large sturdy bags that
are on a wheel holder to help relocation.
The waste classification is represented in Table 1. If the material is plastic or paper,
2 other employees are responsible for taking them into a mechanical press and turn
them into bales. This improves their storage until the buyer collection (Fig. 6). If the
material is glass, there is a second screening, in which the shards are separated from
the intact bottles, which have a higher selling value. Scraps are packed in a container
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Fig. 5 ARLeV flowchart
Associate takes manually the material to the platform: After the truck leaves
the recyclable waste, an associate is in charge of taking this waste to a platform of
approximately 1 m, which is connected to the conveyor. He puts the material on the
platform according to the rhythm of the conveyor.
Associate opens the bags and pushes waste to the conveyor: Another employee
stays on top of the platform opening the closed garbage bags to facilitate the screening
stage and forwards the waste that are on it to the conveyor with the aid of a broom.
Associates separate the waste into 22 categories in big bags: eight associates
stay along the conveyor (Fig. 6) to separate recyclable materials. Each separate as
many items as possible and put them into big bags, which are large sturdy bags that
are on a wheel holder to help relocation.
The waste classification is represented in Table 1. If the material is plastic or paper,
2 other employees are responsible for taking them into a mechanical press and turn
them into bales. This improves their storage until the buyer collection (Fig. 6). If the
material is glass, there is a second screening, in which the shards are separated from
the intact bottles, which have a higher selling value. Scraps are packed in a container