Automated vacuum collection

The pipelines converge in a central processing facility which directs the waste to the appropriate containers so it could be transported to its final location, such as a landfill or composting plant.

Some systems require household ID cards to use, and limit the amount of non-recyclable waste allowed per month, issuing a tax if the threshold is crossed.

Notable manufacturers include: In the U.S., this type of system is installed in several places, but the most well known are built by AVAC and located in the Magic Kingdom in Disney World, Orlando, Florida; and Roosevelt Island in New York City.

An automated vacuum collection system called Rööri started operation in early 2014 in the new Jätkäsaari residential neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland.

[citation needed] Also in Finland, in the suburb of Vuores in the city of Tampere, a vacuum collection system was included in a new suburban development planned for 13,000 inhabitants.

The system's daily collection capacity for dry waste, biowaste, paper, and recyclable cardboard comes to a combined total of 13 tonnes, and it became operational in 2012.

[17][18] As of 2018[update], in Israel there are 5 systems - 2 operational in Yavne and Ra'anana, and 3 planned in Bat Yam, Tel Aviv and Rishon LeZion.

[19] In a techno-economic analysis conducted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, it was found that the cost of intra-urban treating in pneumatic collection in neighborhoods with multiple units and under funding contractors is 25% lower in comparison to conventional methods, and this is without internalizing the external benefits arising from it (value of time and pollution).

[24] In May 2012, Ra'anana municipality approved the residential project "Neve Zemer" which is planned to include around 3,550 housing units in around 235 buildings with a pneumatic evacuation system of household waste.

[26] Bat Yam municipality published in 2017 a tender for planning, construction, and operation of pneumatic evacuation system for 5,000 residential neighborhood units (approximately 60 high-rise buildings) and 2,000 hotel rooms.

[30][needs update] In March 2015, the city of Montreal abandoned its $3 million investment in a plan to install an automated vacuum collection system in the Quartier des Spectacles entertainment district.