Inside Houston's Recycling Center: How Your Waste Gets Sorted

Ever wonder how your soda cans, water bottles, and cardboard cereal boxes get sorted once they leave your home? If so, you’re in luck as Michael Hagerty of Houston Matters visits one of the city’s largest recycling facilities, Houston Resource Renewal Center, to explain how.

Michael Hagerty’s Interview

Video: A Closeup Look At How Houston’s Recycling Gets Sorted

Original Article: Houston Matters Producer Michael Hagerty Tours the Houston Resource Renewal Center

HRRC is a Republic Services company located in northeast Houston and is responsible for processing approximately 95 tons of materials each and every day. The organization uses a combination of manpower and machine-power to sort, organize, and package recyclable materials to be used in their next chapter of life. As you may have guessed, there are a number of power, hydraulic-powered pieces of equipment that are used to keep the plant running smoothly. In fact, Hydraulics & Pneumatics has a great article written by Alan Hitchcox in the late 1990s that details the custom hydraulic equipment design and operations of several waste management and recycling industry machines.

Examples of Hydraulics Used in Recycling