A pre-conference workshop at Recycling Today’s Plastics Recycling Conference & Trade Show in late June addressed advances in optical sorting technology for separating and sorting plastics. Workshop ...

The new optical sorting technology allows for precise and efficient sorting of postconsumer plastics. Cimbria’s new optical sorters provide advanced sorting of plastics with precise material ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

According to MarketsandMarkets, "Recycling Inspection Marketby Material Recycled (Waste Plastics, Paper, Metals, Glass, and ...

An increasing amount of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but is often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can ...

Recycling is hard. Most Americans don’t know what should go into their recycling bins — and when they guess, they often guess wrong and gum up the works of recycling facilities in the process. This ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

At a recycling center in Boulder, Colorado, automation and artificial intelligence are becoming part of the process. The AI learned how to tell pieces of plastic from sheets of paper and also learns ...

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC) – Europe has released a new case study titled Unlocking Recycling Potential: Automated Sorting Trials of Medical Plastic Waste, research building upon ...

When there are no recycling bins around, I just feel frustrated [and] throw everything into the garbage bin." Junking an item that could be recycled is common, but it feels especially shameful to Zhao ...