For over 30 years, TFC Recycling has pioneered and continues to advance a two-cart, curbside recycling system that partners with citizens who effectively and efficiently sort and deposit recyclable materials at home. This Two Carts are Smart curbside recycling system is a trusted and successful methodology that delivers higher favorable outcomes for recycling materials in the public waste stream.
Curbside recycling is a service in which a local government or a private company provides blue or green carts for the purpose of collecting recyclable materials directly from residents. This process is used successfully by localities that contract TFC Recycling’s services throughout Hampton Roads, the Peninsula, and the greater Richmond metro area.
You may have learned recently about an effort by another company to bring a different type of recycling process to our area. They have used the siren’s song of claiming that customers would no longer need to separate their own recyclables. They say AI can identify and separate organic and recyclable materials from mixed household garbage. We strongly disagree, and the evidence and data do not support this claim.
More concerning is that this AI-based system does not recycle paper. It will be biocharred, which is a heating process that converts paper into black carbon dust. There is no existing market for this type of biochar; therefore, it will most likely be landfilled. Unfortunately, this process does not repurpose the discarded paper products or save trees.
While this may sound like a tempting way to simplify yet another task in our busy lives, the truth is that this AI-based system has never been successfully implemented anywhere. In fact, several localities, including Santa Barbara, California; Reno, Nevada; Montgomery, Alabama; Hampden, Maine; Martinsburg, West Virginia; and Berkley, South Carolina, have tried it, and these systems have failed.
Recycling is the best way to manage waste. A separate cart for clean and dry recyclables is the most effective way to recycle and serve your community. TFC Recycling customers often share that when they participate in two-cart recycling, they believe that their legacy will be helping the environment and ensuring a better future for their children. They also know firsthand that Two Carts are Smart.
The two-cart curbside recycling method is proven. Curbside recycling started in Hampton Roads in the 1980s. It has progressed from small bins to large recycling carts collected with automation. Today, two-cart curbside recycling has expanded across America. It is the most efficient and effective way to collect recyclables. TFC Recycling team members who work on their sorting lines have a level of expertise that will never be matched by AI.
Natural resources are limited. Two-cart curbside recycling is sustainable and provides a much greater guarantee that your waste will be recycled. Recycling is about reusing natural resources instead of landfilling these valuable commodities. Landfill space has become less and less available…The two-cart curbside recycling system is the solution.
Recyclables are commodities and must meet rigid specifications. China and other countries stopped buying wastepaper from America because the paper was wet and dirty – not clean and dry. With your help, two carts keep material clean, dry, and marketable.
Recycling also saves money. It saves energy. It reduces carbon emissions and mitigates climate change.
Two Carts are Smart… The trusted and safe recycling solution.