Recycling Centers vs Landfills

[TimW]

Ever since the Green Cities expansion pack, I have been putting in restriction such as no fossil fuel plants or anything that is very polluting. I go after the green-oriented service buildings if they are available (i.e. Biodiesel Buses only). One of my own restrictions on this is no landfills, only Recycling Centers. Are Recycling Centers valid replacements for Landfills from a game engine perspective?

 

[deanwebb]

Absolutely, because they don't fill up. I never use landfills once I can use recycling centers or incinerators.

 

[Promethian]

Recycling centers were nerfed with Parklife but they are still the best. They are just 2x better than everything else instead of 12x better. Their initial cost was also increased to be a bit harder for a starting city to swing. Don't feel bad if you need to use a landfill at first.

 

[deanwebb]

Recycling centers were nerfed with Parklife but they are still the best. They are just 2x better than everything else instead of 12x better. Their initial cost was also increased to be a bit harder for a starting city to swing. Don't feel bad if you need to use a landfill at first.

True, very true. And the landfill can be emptied and removed once you have enough recycling to take care of it.

Also, there are modified assets in the Workshop that were made by players frustrated with some of the service mechanics that will allow you to do more with less. They will even write articles justifying their projections on how often trash should be picked up and how much is generated, etc. Basically, you can find an asset that will allow you to play the way you want to play.

 

[Fox_NS_CAN]

Recycling centers were nerfed with Parklife but they are still the best.

For anyone interested in the specifics of the nerfing:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/foru...ceable-since-park-life.1100589/#post-24289293

 

[scpool1986]

Absolutely, because they don't fill up. I never use landfills once I can use recycling centers or incinerators.

To be honest I’ve been building cities with maybe one or two incinerators and have the rest be recycling centers. If you watch close enough you’ll notice raw material trucks leaving the recycling centers and delivering to your generic industry.