While converting from dual-stream to single-stream recycling, Charleston County, S.C., and its consulting firm, Tampa-based Kessler Consulting, Inc., decided to pit two kinds of collection equipment against each other in a pilot test.
The options were an automated side loader (ASL) and a front-end loader with an automated attachment called the Curotto-Can. Each vehicle was evaluated on criteria such as purchase cost, monthly operation costs, and productivity.
