Efficient material recovery facility

A method, comprising:

• receiving sensed data associated with a set of items on a conveyor device within a sorting facility;
• determining a target item and a non-target item from the set of items based at least in part on the sensed data and a set of target item criteria associated with a first sorting device;
• determining that the first sorting device is to suppress performing a sorting action on the target item based at least in part on a set of suppression criteria associated with the first sorting device and an attribute of the non-target item, wherein the set of suppression criteria describes that the sorting action on the target item should be suppressed if the non-target item is located within a predetermined distance from the target item;
• and
• sending an instruction to cause a second sorting device to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the target item is transported by the conveyor device towards the second sorting device, wherein the second sorting device is configured to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the second sorting device is located downstream of the first sorting device within the sorting facility.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive sensed data associated with a set of items on a conveyor device within a sorting facility;
• determine a target item and a non-target item from the set of items based at least in part on the sensed data and a set of target item criteria associated with a first sorting device;
• determine that the first sorting device is to suppress performing a sorting action on the target item based at least in part on a set of suppression criteria associated with the first sorting device and an attribute of the non-target item, wherein the set of suppression criteria describes that the sorting action on the target item should be suppressed if a size of the non-target item is greater than a predetermined size;
• and
• send an instruction to cause a second sorting device to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the target item is transported by the conveyor device towards the second sorting device;
• and
• the second sorting device configured to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the second sorting device is located downstream of the first sorting device within the sorting facility.

A method, comprising:

• receiving sensed data associated with a set of items on a conveyor device within a sorting facility;
• determining a target item and a non-target item from the set of items based at least in part on the sensed data and a set of target item criteria associated with a first sorting device;
• determining that the first sorting device is to suppress performing a sorting action on the target item based at least in part on a set of suppression criteria associated with the first sorting device and an attribute of the non-target item, wherein the set of suppression criteria describes that the sorting action on the target item should be suppressed if a size of the non-target item is greater than a predetermined size;
• and
• sending an instruction to cause a second sorting device to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the target item is transported by the conveyor device towards the second sorting device, wherein the second sorting device is configured to perform the sorting action on the target item, wherein the second sorting device is located downstream of the first sorting device within the sorting facility.