And here is some thing else for you EE, BC and IC2 users!
This system requires 36 recyclers with power included and an automated buildcraft&EE conversion system for all of the items to lowest (most) possible recycleable (clay balls or planks)
What we want to recycle:
(calculated according to Clay ball value clayballs being the least valuable item in EE while still being recycleable)
Dirt : 2 (x2)
Soulsand:2
Wooden hoe: 2
Sign: 6.5
Netherack: 8
Sandstone: 8
Tin ore: 256
Copper ore: 256
Iron ore: 256
Minecart: 640
Gold ore: 1024
Gold Helmet: 2560
Sum=5022.5
/33 (amount of items (dirt has twice the chance of the other items) this gives us an average of ~152)
/72 (amount of recycled items required for a scrapbox. this = 2.1 meaning that we can double scrapbox production every Re-cycle)
the above shows that we may be able to remove some of the more desireable items from the list In fact we only need half of the total to retain a sustainable system of recycleability. As of writing there is no EE patch which allows conversion of copper&tin to iron 1:1 so we may remove these from the recycle list and add them to the keep list.
This gives us a final sum of 1.8 per Re-cycle
What we cant/dont want to recycle:
Grass: N/a
Pumpkin: N/a
Leather: N/a
Apple:N/a
Bread:N/a
Porkchop (cooked):N/a
Cake:N/a
What we want to use/keep:
Rubber
Coal dust
Redstone dust
Glowstone dust
Tin dust
Copper dust
Iron dust
Gold dust
Diamond
9 items: perfect for a diamond pipe slot
Mabye items (shouldnt recycle):
Tin can (filled) (for oldstyle food, but stackable)
SU Battery
Plantball (you might want this for fueled jetpack)
Slimeball (you might want this for duplicating mob items or sticky pistons)
As you may see in the screen shot I actually designed an automated sorting, converting, recycling and dispensing system. The main problem is that at the clay blocks to clay balls part (the final autoworkbench array before the recyclers) there is a massive bottleneck of clay blocks which means that even with 9 autoworkbenches working constantly this is the part which stoppers up the system (because all the recycleables apart from signs and wooden hoes which are both made into planks become clay blocks in the end)
The random receptacle is just 9 obsidian pipes connected with iron pipes into the first diamond pipe that sorts items into the different catagories, the dispenser is powered by a simple two repeater pulser circuit.
Here is the map:http://www.mediafire.com/?pc05b738vxlyryv
now I am sure that some of you will be able to refine and make this system much neater and proportionate in conversion but this is the base idea, so take it and have fun farming diamonds from your recycleing expliots