aluminium separation plant not working? aluminium scrap output is zero.

[waxazy]

maybe i am just an idiot and missing smth obvious but my aluminium separation plant is not working as it should.
so, while it is happily burning through waste producing more waste and game saying that it is operating without any issues, the expected output , "aluminium scrap" is totally ZERO.
all the researches on both branches (recycling waste and aluminium production) are done entirely, the plant is connected directly to a waste storage, it has all the needed utilities, but the only output is mixed waste and that's all.
any ideas?
thanks

[gwahazar]

You have aluminium scrap only if you are producing/using aluminium, AFAIK.

[MrKrabs]

I´m not sure.
Isn´t there a checkbox in the menue that says "Generate aluminum"
or something like that?

At the vehicle scrap yard there is such a box.
There you can produce garbage or goods out of vehicles.

I think if you buy mixed waste it contains aluminium.

[waxazy]

gwahazar eredeti hozzászólása:

You have aluminium scrap only if you are producing/using aluminium, AFAIK.

wow.. never crossed my mind that i need to produce first some aluminium if i want to have aluminium scrap from waste. Seems highly illogical for me but it might be the answer because indeed i am not yet producing aluminium, i am still in early stages of setting up the industry. i will check this right now.

[waxazy]

MrKrabs eredeti hozzászólása:

I´m not sure.
Isn´t there a checkbox in the menue that says "Generate aluminum"
or something like that?

At the vehicle scrap yard there is such a box.
There you can produce garbage or goods out of vehicles.

I think if you buy mixed waste it contains aluminium.

it's the common mixed waste generated by the cities and plants, and being flooded with it i tried to recycle is as much as efficient as possible, going through all the possible fractions of it and all the others are producing some results ( metal scrap, plastic, etc) , aluminium is zero everywhere.
i will test the theory provided by gwahazar to see if it is correct.

[bajecznie nawdychany]

You can import waste from NATO and I believe it will contain aluminium in mixed waste. The case is it depends whether You are transporting it via truck or via train. Check both as I don't remember.

Aluminium separator is worth only next to aluminium industry and aircraft production line.

[Sirius Czech]

To be able to separate aluminium from mixed waste it HAD TO BE PRESENT in the mixed waste in the first place :-)

The only ways to get aluminum waste are
- importing hazmat (if rng on customs will assign some percentage to it, every customs ingame have different proportions of it´s consist)
- working with aluminum (aka plane factory)
- manufacturing aluminum (so bauxite to aluminum process)
- MAYBE a hotel, as tourists are a big source of plastic and metal scrap, which is otherwise quite rare in standard residential houses.

BTW every waste type is generated in buildings corresponding to be using such material, so
mining and oreprocessing industry = construction waste
crops related = biowaste
nuclear things, chemical use +/or health risk = hazardous waste
metal processing = metal scrap
aluminum processing = aluminum scrap
Once you understand this, the system is pretty selfexpanatory :)

[MrKrabs]

I import haz waste from the border via truck.
After decontamination is still has <5% of aluminium scrap.
It can be seen in this video at min: 34:34.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgwdd3R2DRE&t=1696s

[Silent_Shadow]

bajecznie nawdychany eredeti hozzászólása:

Aluminium separator is worth only next to aluminium industry and aircraft production line.

Not even then, as you can just attach a dump for aluminum scrap to them and they will fill it as they work. You don't even need to research anything either.

It's really only useful for sorting foreign trash.

[waxazy]

jan.mitiska eredeti hozzászólása:

To be able to separate aluminium from mixed waste it HAD TO BE PRESENT in the mixed waste in the first place :-)

The only ways to get aluminum waste are
- importing hazmat (if rng on customs will assign some percentage to it, every customs ingame have different proportions of it´s consist)
- working with aluminum (aka plane factory)
- manufacturing aluminum (so bauxite to aluminum process)
- MAYBE a hotel, as tourists are a big source of plastic and metal scrap, which is otherwise quite rare in standard residential houses.

BTW every waste type is generated in buildings corresponding to be using such material, so
mining and oreprocessing industry = construction waste
crops related = biowaste
nuclear things, chemical use +/or health risk = hazardous waste
metal processing = metal scrap
aluminum processing = aluminum scrap
Once you understand this, the system is pretty selfexpanatory :)

thanks for the lengthy explanation, it makes sense now and i understood why no output.
it is my first play with garbage system activated so i am still learning what's all about. many thanks!

[Sirius Czech]

If you want some setups and more waste logic, I made about it one of my videos. It shows how you can easily deal with waste from the start and how to progress through phases to fully functioning waste separation and recycling setup - with only ashes and recources on the output ;)

https://youtu.be/TepBsNwxe58