A waste management facility in Pennsylvania has recovered $10 million worth of lost coins since it began picking through trash in 2017, company officials said.
At the Reworld Waste Treatment Plant in Morrisville, sifters are used to carefully remove coins from incinerated trash, sorting them and then washing them to leave them shiny and clean.
“This allows us to better categorize the coins and determine which ones are in good condition and which ones are damaged, but also what denominations we’re dealing with,” Ash Processing Director Rebecca Guardino said. Said Jeff Flock on FOX Business on Monday.
As staff and reporters sorted through the facility’s trash bins, Galdino explained how one person’s trash can be another person’s treasure.
“We process around 20 million tonnes of waste per year,” she told The Flock.
The company estimates that Americans throw away about $68 million worth of loose change each year.
by The Wall Street JournalReworld began sorting coins in 2017. Of the $10 million collected, Approximately $6 million It was in good enough condition to be put back into circulation.
FOX Business reported that the $6 million was “turned over to a third party, counted and deposited in a local bank.”
