Black plastics pose an identification problem for sorting machines at recycling facilities, as the sensors can't see them. Canon has developed a system that users lasers and tracking tech to identify ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Pellenc ST says it has provided optical sorting devices that are helping Eslava Plásticos create clean streams of low-density (LDPE) plastid scrap at its plant in Quart de Poblet, Spain. Eslava ...

The Innosort Flake enables simultaneous flake sorting by color, polymer and transparency, the company says. Tomra Insight, the company’s cloud-based data monitoring platform, can be installed as a ...

The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has developed the world's first technology that can chemically recycle mixed waste ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...