Method and apparatus for sorting recyclable products

A method of producing a fuel substance by separating materials in a recycling operation based on BTU component content comprising;

• shredding a stream of materials comprising non-sorted, heterogeneous recycled materials,
• separating the stream of materials into heavy materials and light materials,
• magnetically separating the heavy material stream into ferrous and nonferrous material,
• discharging the non-ferrous materials to a screen for further separation,
• processing the light materials through a non-ferrous metal separator to separate the light materials into non-metallic materials and non-ferrous metal materials, the non-metallic materials having a BTU component content of at least four thousand BTU's per ton.

A method of periodically covering landfills, comprising the steps of;

• shredding a stream of materials comprising non-sorted, heterogeneous recycled metallic and non-metallic materials,
• separating the stream of materials into heavy materials and light materials,
• magnetically separating the heavy materials into heavy ferrous and heavy non-ferrous materials,
• discharging the heavy non-ferrous materials to a screen for further separation,
• separating the light materials into light magnetic materials and light nonmagnetic materials,
• separating the light non-magnetic materials into non-metallic materials and non-ferrous metal materials, and
• periodically applying the light non-metallic materials as cover for the landfill.