The CEO of technology provider Tomra sees continuing momentum for beverage container deposit-return systems around the world.

Fanuc, an international robotics company with global headquarters based in Japan, has announced its first robotic sorting machine for the waste management industry. The company developed the machine ...

ASU is enhancing its efforts to improve landfill diversion with a new type of waste-sorting system installed last week. With the amount of foot traffic through the MU, it was necessary to find a way ...

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

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS LIKE THAT. AND HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T HEAR ABOUT EVERY DAY TRASH SORTING, USING AI TECHNOLOGY. SO PENN WASTE NEW YORK IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW SORTING SYSTEM AIMING TO CLEAN UP THE ...

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A photograph of a cullet sorting machine in action. A suite of sensors enables sorting equipment to quickly purify crushed glass, or cullet, for recycling. Credit: Strategic Materials If you could ...

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 ...