🆕 Updated for Eco 14 — “Garbage & Recycling” — this server and these numbers now reflect the new version. What changed →
  • Byproducts: nearly every recipe now leaves waste behind, so recipe pages list byproducts alongside ingredients.
  • Garbage & recycling: waste sorts from mixed garbage down to pure materials, and can be recycled back into stock.
  • Pollution has four kinds: acid rain, chemical, soil and heavy mineral, each settling into the ground differently. Pollution guide →
  • Modules reworked: upgrades are now Basic / Advanced / Modern / Specialty, one per slot, driving the same bonus system as talents. Module guide →
  • Fresh water: machines need it — water drawn from the ocean has to be desalinated first.

The character calculator has been updated for these changes. Read the garbage & recycling guide →

Garbage

Garbage

A heap of generic, worthless leftovers — none of it valuable enough to recover. Unsightly and a source of soil pollution; burying it does nothing, store it in proper garbage containment to hold the effect back.

Weight30000 gMax stack10Carried on backSkillRecycling Lv 5StationFroth Floatation Cell

Notes

Garbage is a block that functions as a source of ground pollution, directly tied to the game's ecology and waste-management systems. It is produced by scrapping tools and can be buried underground to help mitigate its harmful environmental effects. For practical gameplay, avoid leaving garbage on the surface, as its pollution lowers nearby land fertility and reduces housing value, making proper disposal or incineration essential for a clean settlement.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Electronic Scrap2item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Copper Scrap1.05
Gold Scrap0.22
Chemical Pollutant0.2
Plastic Scrap0.1

Crafting waste collects in the station's garbage output and must be hauled away or recycled — see the Garbage & Recycling guide.

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor120 calories
Craft time2 min
Throughput≈ 30 Garbage / hour (base)

As a block

Ground pollutionSoil · 0.1SolidDiggable

How ground pollution works

Recycling & waste

As a garbage material
FamilyMixed ResidualsResidual (terminal leftover)Pollutes while mixedSoil · 0.1/unit

Recycled from (40 of 58)

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps1Total labor120 calTotal time2 min

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See also

CompostDirtMixed GarbageSandTailingsWet Tailings