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 ...

David lives in Brooklyn where he's spent more than a decade covering all things edible, including meal kit services, food ...

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 ...

When it comes to recycling, the easier it is, the more people will do it. That's the upshot of Maple Grove's experiment with a new sort-free recycling service. After the city abandoned a pre-sorting ...

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 ...