... not too cheaty, because you're stuck with what you get. If you turn half of it back into resources then you get materials for free. I agree that recycling is a good idea, but that's an entirely different concept that needs it's own discussion. An actual trash slot is not a bad idea, IMO. Even ...

... complaint, which for me rings true, that being forced to take down your mining sites is "not fun" and detracts from building. Having to recycling outputs only gets more constant and annoying as your base grows and you are able to eat through ore faster. 2. Oil patches already work this ...

... Disassembling machine : https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=5473&p=42229&hilit=recycling+disassembling https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3439&p=25205&hilit=recycling+disassembling https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1886&p=13579&hilit=recycling+disassembling ...

This is a frequently suggested idea, I've added your thread to Alien Juice / Handling of Corpses / Recycling Dead [Frequently Suggested / Link Collections] Also added more info on mods that do this: Dytech drops the corpse which you can then process further Bob's Enemies ...

About getting more resources (besides alien eggs) from the natives. Also recycling of dead biter corpses, using the dead parts of natives. Mods that implement handling of dead corpses: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43 DyTech (drops corpses ...

Uses of corpses: See DyTech-Mod. Are there more?

Also many suggestion about dead biters:
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... 450#p83450
https://forums.factorio.com/forum/vie ... ?f=6&t=805 Body Recycling

... only takes up 3 inventory spaces. But, a character must transport a corpse with his hands. Gains: The unused part: Waste product created from recycling corpses. Titanium Bones: Very strong material that can be smelted like iron ore and will give you titanium Skin: It can be used for organic ...

... USe other food products to make raw materials for more advanceds ones > think, corn > corn oil > deep fryer > fries etc. - waste products need recycling back into the food chain, corn husks, un digestible fibers. - raise livestock which require raw food stuffs, leade to higher tier foods (bacon) ...

Look here for example.

I think there are some recycling mods already out there. My mention was the first I found in the mods-forum.

... Robot station (aliens instead of robots) https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=805 Body Recycling Far related: https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=3440 What do biters do in their spare time? (Pheromone pathfind) https://forums.factorio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2335 ...

... pollution, or even pipe it back into your system in a closed loop (think building a power plant away from water by bringing in the water and then recycling it!) 4. New enemies - more reasons to avoid draning water and pollution There are aquatic biter nests in the water. The biters come out and ...

Just an idea for more content.. It would be great to have a recycling center; a machine that takes obsolete items and then recycles them into base components.. this could also have the effect of reducing pollution.. Also an automated hunter killer tank ...

... in the different science packs and gives you the choice (research & modules) of incinerating the waste or haul it away for sorted and full recycling, at the expense of energy/speed.

Some kind of recycling could be a useful addition to the game. Each item in the game could have a recycle value of X iron scrap, Y copper scrap, Z stone scrap and W organic scrap, a dedicated grinder machine could be used to convert ...

... Edit: sorry come to the wrong button... The recycler is one of those ideas, which never die. https://forums.factorio.com/forum/search.php?keywords=Recycling&fid=6 And I think it is needed, cause wished by so many. :) And there are mods about recycling.

... (suck it in and clean it out...add in the ability to reduce it to an item that people might wish to use if you wanna go with some high tech recycling), and clean the area to reduce attraction of aliens. Figure out some other good sources and ways to reduce it as well. Heck I'd make destroying ...

Suggested multiple times, there is a recycle mod available. I also wish recycling was available in the base game.

... phases: 1. preload: register all items 2. initialize: generate recipies 3. post-init: things related to world gen / other stuff (eg: the recycling mod using all the recipies to add scrap-on-destruction to buildings based on cheapest method of building it) Having this in place would encourage ...

... productive and more efficient. In the same way it would be possible to have modules with scrubbers that reduce pollution at the cost of energy and recycling (at the cost of energy and fabrication speed) that give you waste as byproduct but near zero pollution. I'd expect a lot of waste from the ...