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Yes. One bin, everything in — food scraps, packaging, paper, cardboard, glass, metals, plastic, garden materials, and more. You do not sort. You do not separate. The factory receives the mixed collection and does the sorting internally, using automated systems. There are no caveats. You put it all in, and the collection service picks it up on the same schedule you have today. Specialist materials like electronics and batteries can also go into the standard collection — no separate drop-off is required.

Your neighbourhood should smell better, not worse. Today, materials are hauled 30–55 miles to the SR-85 Landfill in Buckeye, which generates landfill gases — including methane and odour compounds — throughout its operating life. When the factory processes materials instead, those landfill inputs stop. The factory itself is fully enclosed and airlocked, and is designed to have near-zero atmospheric discharge — meaning almost no smell or emissions leave the building.

Two ways. First, the royalty Carbotura pays back to Phoenix grows every year for 30 years — and is designed to exceed what Phoenix pays in Beneficiation Fees starting from Year 2. As it grows, it reduces the structural pressure to raise what you pay for collection service. Second, eliminating the cost of long-haul trucking to Buckeye — currently costing an estimated $18 per tonne on top of the gate rate — removes a direct cost from Phoenix’s operating budget. Both of these effects take pressure off the rate increases that are otherwise planned from July 2026.

All of them can go into the standard collection bin. The factory is designed to process all material types your household generates — including electronics, batteries, small appliances, and other items that currently require separate handling. You do not need a separate drop-off service. You do not need to hold items for a special collection day. Standard pickup accepts everything. The factory separates and processes each material stream internally, including safely handling battery components and electronic materials through its containment and processing systems.

No — and the difference matters. Incineration burns materials using oxygen and flame. It produces ash, carbon dioxide, and air emissions. The material is destroyed — burned away. Nothing useful is recovered. The factory works completely differently. It uses a microwave-based process in an oxygen-free chamber. There is no flame. There is no burning. Materials are broken apart at the elemental level without combustion — and they reform into manufactured products: synthetic graphite, graphene compounds, recovered minerals, net-positive ultrapure water, and chemical intermediates. (Hydrogen is generated internally to power the facility and returns as that same ultrapure water.) Incineration destroys materials. The factory manufactures from them. PFAS “forever chemicals” are eliminated completely at the processing temperatures involved — something incineration at standard temperatures cannot achieve reliably.

Carbotura builds factories, not waste facilities. That distinction isn’t just language — it determines which permits apply, which investors can participate, and whether the 30-year royalty structure is financially viable. Carbotura is filing a federal petition with the EPA confirming its process is manufacturing, not waste treatment. If a local or state authority were to classify the facility as a waste operation — even informally — Carbotura would not be able to proceed. The investment model requires manufacturing status. This is one reason Carbotura works closely with communities before committing capital: to confirm the regulatory path is clear.