Patent ID: 8127933

Claim:
A paper processing system, comprising: conveyor that conveys recyclable material during operation of the system, the recyclable material including a paper component and a non-paper component; a first automated sorter that sorts out cardboard material from the recyclable material during operation of the system to produce a first filtered recyclable material; a second automated sorter that sorts newspaper material from the first filtered recyclable material during operation of the system to produce a second filtered recyclable material, the second filtered recyclable material not including the non-paper component; an optical paper sorter that receives the second filtered recyclable material from the second automated sorter during operation of the system, and collects data associated with the paper component of the second filtered recyclable material; and a controller operatively coupled to the optical paper sorter and the conveyor, the controller receives the data collected from the optical paper sorter during operation of the system, and adjusts a first operating speed of the conveyor to a second operating speed based on the collected data to facilitate system operation.