🆕 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 →

Recycling Skill Book

Recycling Skill Book

Hidden/Research
Weight1000 gMax stack1SkillMechanics Lv 1StationResearch Table

Notes

The **Recycling Skill Book** is a research item crafted at a Research Table that unlocks the **Recycling** specialty, allowing players to sort and process garbage and byproducts into usable materials. As with all skill books, one book can produce an unlimited number of skill scrolls, so a single copy is sufficient to teach the entire server. Practical tip: If your server is generating significant waste from crafting, investing in this skill book early lets someone specialize in turning that waste into valuable feedstock, reducing pollution and recovering materials.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Bio Residue0.56
Garbage0.28

Approximate โ€” a category ingredient's salvage value depends on the item actually used.

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

Crafting

Crafting stats
Labor2400 calories
Craft time15 min
Throughput4 Recycling Skill Book / hour (base)

Total raw to craft this

Steps104Total labor153340.8 calTotal time1818.51 min

Approximate โ€” category ingredients and any production cycles are counted as raw.

Categories

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