This new technology could significantly improve recycling outcomes. Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could ...

The study Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Circular Strategies for Plastic Recycling and Upcycling, published in the ...

German study proves automated sorting can recover nearly half of hospital plastic waste for recycling into new products ...

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 ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

While polypropylene (PP) is the most versatile and easiest to recycle polymer and one of the most widely used materials in packaging for consumer goods, this packaging is not widely recycled.

Discarded crisp bags, ketchup bottles and Tupperware containers speed along conveyer belts at a massive high-tech sorting plant dubbed "Site Zero", which Sweden hopes will revolutionise its plastic ...

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 ...

A plastic sorting, recycling and reprocessing facility that was several years in the making has now opened in Hong Kong. Equipped for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene ...