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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Supporters of single-use plastic bag bans implemented or being discussed across South Carolina believe limiting plastics would decrease litter and waste. However, reducing ...

Canon has announced its entry into the recycling system market with the launch of its new plastic sorting equipment with innovative material identification technology. The equipment applies Raman ...

Plastic Revolutions Inc. is a recycler in Reidsville, North Carolina, that takes in scrap plastics and granulates and washes, pelletizes and packages it to sell to manufacturers that want to make new ...

The Områ facility in Oslo uses automated mixed waste sorting to process 90,000 tonnes of plastic annually, aiming to handle ...

The majority of the 300 million tons of plastic produced every year isn’t recycled, and recycling that does happen typically happens at an industrial scale in factories using equipment that can cost ...

The MSS Aladdin™ is designed for high capacity bottle sorting. The Aladdin™ sorts plastics by resin type and color at the same time and generates three output products from one input stream in this ...

Plastic can carriers often get mistaken for paper in recycling sorting machines. To prevent the mishap, one man is collecting ...

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