Patent ID: 9713812
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B02C,B03B,B07B,Y02W

Claim:
1. A method for sorting recyclable materials, comprising: providing a recyclable mixed solid waste stream that includes a plurality of mixed recyclable materials, wherein the source of the recyclable mixed solid waste stream is a dry commercial solid waste stream, a dry industrial solid waste stream, and/or a source separated residential recyclable material stream; comminuting the recyclable mixed solid waste; fractionating the comminuted recyclable mixed solid waste stream by size and density to produce a plurality of intermediate waste streams, wherein at least one of the mixed solid waste streams includes 3-dimensional plastic and 2-dimensional plastic or paper; individually sorting the plurality of intermediate waste streams using one or more sorting apparatuses to produce at least two recyclable products, wherein the sorting includes separating 3-dimensional plastic from the 2-dimensional plastic or paper; and recovering the at least two recyclable products, at least one of the recovered recyclable products being selected from the group consisting of paper and wood.