🆕 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 →

Waste Filter

Waste Filter

WorldObject

Treats raw sewage.

Weight5000 gMax stack1SkillMechanics Lv 4StationAssembly Line

Notes

The Waste Filter is a placed 3×3×3 object that treats raw sewage, converting it into less harmful byproducts. It can be toggled on and off like other industrial machines, and must be placed grid-aligned in your settlement's infrastructure. To minimize ground and water pollution, set up Waste Filters near high-output sewage sources and keep them powered and running as your population grows.

Notes are AI-generated and may be imprecise.

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Ingredients

Ingredients for this recipe
IngredientQtyType
Steel Bar8item
Cement8item
Gearbox4item
Piston2item
Basic Circuit4item

Byproducts (garbage)

Garbage byproducts of this recipe
MaterialQty / craft
Iron Scrap1.47
Ceramic Scrap0.06
Copper Scrap0.06
Gold Scrap0.06
Bio Residue0.03
Crushed Mixed Rock0.03

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
Labor480 calories
Craft time20 min
Throughput3 Waste Filter / hour (base)

As a placed object

Size3×3×3
Viewer

Requires connection ports โ€” highlighted below.

Placement
AlignmentMust be grid-aligned

Recycling & waste

Salvages into (per unit)

The same salvage value leaks out as garbage when this item is consumed in crafting.

How garbage, sorting & recycling work

Total raw to craft this

Steps54Total labor11356.56 calTotal time136.98 min

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

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