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Recycling Cardboard

Rob Nelson requested to merge pull/6228/cardboardrecycl into Bleeding-Edge

Created by: Kurfursten

  • Cardboard can now be reclaimed by the recycler.
  • Many trash items (like boxes, cigarette packages, used bustanuts/syndie cakes/chicken buckets) provide various amounts of cardboard
  • Said objects are RECYK_MISC so will not be reclaimed by default. A clever janitor can use the sorter machinery to approve MISC items in the recycling room
  • Recyclable storage items now drop their contents before being recycled. Obviously, only RECYCLABLE items do this, so for instance, you can't throw a locked suitcase or coinbox onto the belt to filter out its contents.

Fully tested

My reasoning for choosing a non-sorted type by default is that most will visit recycling to get real mineral sheets like glass and metal, not cardboard. Moreover, if every box was moved onto the sheet line, the output could get clogged with internals that get spit out. If you want to sort cardboard boxes with possible contents effectively, you're best off building a second sorter after the furnace to move out unwanted contents.

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