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Pennsylvania Facility Turns Trash into Treasure with $10 Million in Recovered Coins

Reworld waste management's innovative process sifts through incinerated garbage to salvage millions in loose change.

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Overview

  • Reworld has collected $10 million in coins since 2017 by sorting through incinerated waste.
  • Only $6 million of the recovered coins were in good enough condition to be returned to circulation.
  • The facility processes about 20 million tons of waste annually, highlighting the scale of their operations.
  • Americans discard approximately $68 million in change each year, according to Reworld's estimates.
  • Recovered coins are cleaned and sorted by denomination before being deposited to local banks.