1. Reduced Land Use: Certain materials in solid waste sorting equipment are not easily degradable, causing severe soil erosion. Waste sorting removes recyclable materials that are difficult to decompose, reducing waste volume by over 60%. Currently, sanitary landfills or even simple landfills are often used for waste disposal. Discarded batteries contain toxic substances such as mercury and cadmium. Plastic waste in the soil can cause serious harm to the human body and can reduce crop yields. Plastic, which is consumed by animals, can cause death. Therefore, recycling reduces harm.
2. Turning Waste into Treasure: Other materials in the waste can be converted into resources, such as food, grass, and fiber, which can be used as organic fertilizer; waste incineration can generate electricity, heat, or cooling; brick dust can be processed into building materials, and so on. While various solid wastes are mixed together, waste sorting can be a resource. Recycling the resources contained in household waste could generate 1.1 billion yuan in economic benefits annually. Timely sorting and recycling waste throughout the consumer chain are effective solutions to the waste problem.
3. The benefits of waste sorting are obvious. By sorting waste, it can be sent to factories instead of landfills, saving land and avoiding the pollution caused by landfills and incineration. Using sorting equipment to collect waste
can reduce the amount of waste to be processed, lower processing costs, and reduce land resource consumption, which has social, economic and ecological benefits.
