When you toss your newspaper, or plastic bottle or aluminum can in a mixed recycling bin, someone, somewhere, has to sort the material out so it can be turned into something new. The sorting is an ...

ACI Plastics began implementing sorting technology about 25 years ago; however, the Flint, Michigan-based thermoplastics processor and recycler became more focused on sorting and separating ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more efficient? A review article by ...

Turkish recycling firm Burkasan sorts plastic containers and flakes using Tomra sensor sorting equipment. Serkan Orhan of Tomra says its new installation in Turkey has brought new levels of plastic ...

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Recycle Ann Arbor's longtime staff, Michelle Moravcik and Diego Tambriz, sort out contamination from the facility's paper to help ensure the cleanest end materials possible. (Recycle Ann Arbor) The ...

DataBeyond, a global leader in AI-powered intelligent sorting equipment, recently revealed that its flagship project in ...

Plastics are one of the most commonly used materials in the modern world. We use plastic for everything, clothes, electronics, medical supplies, and much more. But most plastic ends up in landfills ...

MOTALA, SwedenMOTALA, Sweden — A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic packaging ...