New High-Tech Recycling Center to Open in Scottsdale, Aiming to Boost Local Recycling Rates
• New 51,000-square-foot recycling center opening in Scottsdale on Tuesday • Expected to improve local recycling rates; will process materials for 1.4 million residents and 2,000 businesses • Can process 40 tons of recyclables per hour including paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, glass • Will use artificial intelligence and optical sorters to help processing • Plastics will be sent to a Polymer Center in Las Vegas for further processing into new products