Abstract: A method recycles residual material from processing a workpiece. The method includes the following steps: A) transmitting information about a desired material family of the residual material, tolerated accompanying materials in the residual material, and/or desired residual material part size, from a recycler computer to a workpiece processor computer; and B) workpiece processing with a processing machine while generating residual material. The method steps A) and B) can be carried out in any order or simultaneously and the following method step is carried out after the method step B): (D) collecting the residual material in a container with a logistics facility in accordance with the information transmitted.