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Auto Recycling Plant

by The_Evil_Pickle · for Factorio

Adds a recycling plant that scraps things for parts. Original by Ricky Ford, I changed it so that recipies are automatically generated based on all recipies in the game, even ones added or changed by mods.

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10 yr agoLast updated
MITLicense
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About Auto Recycling Plant

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Adds a recycling plant that scraps things for parts. Original by Ricky Ford, I changed it so that recipies are automatically generated based on all recipies in the game, even ones added or changed by mods.

NOTE: I'm not updating this very often; try checking out its sister mod Reverse Factory: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/reverse-factory

This is an edit to Ricky Ford's Recycling Plant mod. Like that mod, it adds a recycling plant that can take manufactured items are return the ingredients used to make them. Unlike that mod, which just uses vanilla recipes, this will actually return the correct items even if those items are altered by other mods. Plus, if new items are added by other mods, they can still be recycled using this mod. It's compatible with everything!

How it works: Instead of just added a bunch of crafting recipes that are the inverse of the vanilla recipes, this mod actually reads through the game's recipe data, finds recipes that should be recyclable, and dynamically generates the recycling recipe. This occurs after all other mods have added new recipes or changed existing ones, so it can account for those changes perfectly.

The mod considers a few things when determining if a recipe is valid. If the recipe results in fluids, it is not valid. If the recipe has more than 2 fluid ingredients, it is not valid. If the recipe is hidden, it is not valid. If the recipe is from a furnace, it is (usually) not valid. Pretty much everything that doesn't meet any of those conditions is fair game for recycling!

The recycling plant and technology graphics were made by Ricky.

Happy recycling!

[Changelog] -0.15.1 Bug fixes -0.15.0 Updated to work with Factorio v. 0.15 -0.14.4 Fixed a new issue with recipes that have no ingredients Added a new item graphic for the Recycling Plant MK2 -0.14.3 Bunch of changes, here we go: Recycling Plants now have up to 10 output slots, so they won't get jammed by many items. Added the Recycling Plant MK2! It's faster, causes less pollution, and can recycle items made from fluids. Changed the recipe generation code pretty heavily. Any modded recipe category can be detected, as long as there is a custom assembling machine (not furnace!) that goes with it. If there are multiple recipes for a single item, the mod will read from whichever has the same name as the item, if it exists (this helps resolve weird conflicts a bit). The energy requirement for recycling an item is now based on the energy required to make the item in the first place. Note that items with more than 2 fluids in their recipe cannot be recycled, and fluids themselves cannot be recycled. -0.14.2 Fixed incompatibility with recipes that don't have ingredients. -0.14.1 Initial release.

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

Rated a light load on a server.

License

Published under MIT.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 10 yr ago.

Auto Recycling Plant on Nxeon

From our catalogue
One-click install
Supported on Nxeon Factorio servers. We download it from Factorio Mod Portal, place it, and restart the server.
Server side
Required on the server
Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
Factorio — 2 GB (2 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
0.15.1, released 2017-04-27

Recent builds

BuildReleasedGame versionsLoaders
0.15.12017-04-270.15n/a
0.15.02017-04-270.15n/a
0.14.42016-10-040.14n/a
0.14.32016-10-030.14n/a
0.14.22016-09-300.14n/a
0.14.12016-09-260.14n/a

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Factorio Mod Portal as “Mods”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Runs on your server

From source side support

Factorio Mod Portal lists Auto Recycling Plant as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.

Compatibility

Game
Factorio
Runs on
Serverrequired on the server

Verified at the source

  • ✓Factorio Mod PortalOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-09Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorThe_Evil_Pickle, as published on Factorio Mod Portal
  • ✓LicenseMITFree

Auto Recycling Plant, answered

Generated from the mod’s own source data.

Do my players need to install Auto Recycling Plant?

Factorio Mod Portal lists Auto Recycling Plant as required on the server. Check its Factorio Mod Portal page to see whether players need it too.

Is it free?

Yes. Auto Recycling Plant is free to download from Factorio Mod Portal. Its license is MIT.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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