Atlas

Technologies

Technology is rarely the constraint, but knowing exactly what a machine can and cannot identify is what separates a workable system design from an expensive one.

Sorting and separation
Manual picking lines, optical and near-infrared sorters, eddy currents. What each can and cannot identify.
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Mechanical recycling
Washing, shredding, pelletising. The established route, and the quality loss at each cycle.
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Organic treatment
Composting and anaerobic digestion, centralised and decentralised, and what each demands of feedstock purity.
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Energy recovery
Incineration with energy recovery, and the long capacity commitments it creates.
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Collection and logistics
Vehicles, routing, transfer stations. Where most of the operating cost actually sits.
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Digital tracking
Weighing, tagging and traceability systems, and whether the data they produce is ever used.
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Why the counts are zero

The taxonomy is built and every filter works. The entries behind it come from field research, which begins in 2027. Selecting any item will show you what is currently scoped for study.