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 ...

Multidevice system is sorting light packaging in Yokosuka, Japan. The Stadler plant installed in Yokosuka, Japan, will separate plastics from each other and from LIMEX, an emerging packaging material.

At the center of a new,automated plastic sorting system is a sensor that can detect the differencesamong six types of detectable plastics: PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PE(polyethylene), PVC ...

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 ...

Kruschitz GmbH, a plastics recycling company located in Austria, has invested EUR 1.5 million on what the company says is one of the most modern PET processing plants in Europe. The facility is slated ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

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As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

Recycling plastics is challenging, but new technology could produce high-quality materials for car and computer components, all while helping tackle the pollution crisis. Discarded plastics, which can ...