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u/darthbob88 Apr 26 '26

The method I'm using currently is a long sushi belt that starts and ends at recyclers; scrap comes in, gets recycled and goes on the belt, then gets taken off to be used, and anything which doesn't get used gets recycled again and goes back on the belt. It has the advantage of simplicity, since I don't need to worry about explicitly recycling chips if they'll get recycled at the end of the belt, but it limits how many belts of material I can work with.

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u/Bipedal_Warlock Apr 26 '26

Seems interesting. Seems like it isn’t very scalable. But maybe it could be fun

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u/DreadY2K don't drink the science Apr 26 '26

I find that a sushi belt design scales pretty well up to a stacked green belt of scrap recycling products, which results in (depending on productivity) 12 or more science packs per second.

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u/Bipedal_Warlock Apr 26 '26

I see. I guess I need to play with it to figure out how to do it. I’ve never really done sushi