Sorting system with multiple sorting devices

A method for sorting waste objects, the method comprising:

• providing said waste objects on at least one sorting conveyor that conveys said waste objects to at least one first sorting unit along a first substantially linear pathway, wherein the at least one first sorting unit includes a housing, wherein the waste object is a container or bag, wherein said objects contain at least two waste object characteristics;
• detecting said at least two waste object characteristics of said waste object through at least one sensor system, arranged in connection with the at least one first sorting unit;
• providing a control system that generates a signal in response to detection of a container or bag having one of the at least two waste object characteristics within the housing and indicative of the detected one of the at least two waste object characteristics;
• providing two or more sorting devices positioned along the linear pathway and within the housing of the first sorting unit, the sorting devices being a pusher type comprising one of a blade, scraper, or paddle which move over the sorting conveyor, the sorting devices being activated by receipt of the signal by said control system, in response to said desired first object being detected, wherein the at least one sensor system is arranged to individually control the at least two sorting devices within one sorting unit;
• controlling, by the control system, activation of one of the at least sorting devices based on the detected one of the at least two waste object characteristics for moving an associated container or bag from the at least one first sorting conveyor;
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• providing at least one second sorting conveyor that conveys waste objects of a second desired type from the first sorting unit to a second sorting unit for processing.