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Rotating drum
Steel balls
Glass waste
FIGURE 5.6 Glass crusher (Ball Mill)
FIGURE 5.7 Hydraulic press
An important consideration when designing the transfer station is to take
into account the method of energy used and capital investment such as auto-
matic sorting, manual sorting, magnetic separator, etc.
Recycling is the first process to be considered for solid waste manage-
ment. The process of recycling is used to recover and reuse materials from
spent products. That is why recycling is used to recover as much as possible

