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 ...

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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 ...

Vietnamese inventor Tran Van Truong creates automated waste-sorting system to reclaim resources, reduce landfill waste, and revive polluted dump sites.

Recoup, a United Kingdom-based trade group focused on plastic recycling, has announced the nominees in the “Best Innovation in Equipment or Technology” category of its 2024 Recoup Awards. The awards ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. HOUSTON—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to ...

Patrick O'Hare receives funding from the UKRI. Lucia Fernandez is affiliated with FADU/UdelaR and WIEGO. Globally, waste pickers are responsible for collecting and recovering – from homes, businesses ...

The long-term solution to the plastics problem is stopping the flow at its source. But even if we were to magically achieve that today, the world would still be awash in nearly a century’s worth of ...