Recycle centres

Recycle centres convert waste into ore. Labor, electric power (low-voltage) and money are used to collect the waste and convert it into raw ore. They can be used to empty previously filled tips.

It is possible to run a sustainable economy, (i.e. no more ore extracted, etc) with less than 100% efficient recycle centres if you have some mills to make up for the losses.

This is a recycle center

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Formulas

34 labor + 250 lo-volt + 500 waste => (500 ore + 10 steel) * efficiency

efficiency = .1 + .005 * tech (capped at .8 at 140 tech)

If there is not inventory capacity for the ore/steel, then it is discarded, so the waste can still be dealt with. Note this can cause wasteful production in nearby steel works as it produces steel while the recycling center is discarding steel.

See also:

- Commodities
- Power
- Transport