When the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, brought a group of government and packaging industry leaders together for the Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project ...

The Germany-based TOMRA Sorting Recycling business unit of Norway’s TOMRA Systems ASA has introduced what it calls a new-generation of its X-TRACT automated sorting machine. The new version features ...

There are a number of startups working to improve trash sorting with robots. AMP Robotics is near the top of the list, coupling a picker and a conveyor belt to sort materials in large, automated ...

You may have read that there’s a recycling crisis in the U.S. After years of accepting our used plastic and cardboard, China now won’t take it, which often means there is no place for it to go. Some ...

Inside a sprawling recycling center in Florida, as bottles, cans, boxes, and other recyclables move down conveyor belts, 14 different robots use artificial intelligence to identify each material and ...

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The global garment manufacturing industry is under relentless pressure to produce higher volumes, better quality, and faster turnaround while keeping costs and waste to a minimum. As brands pursue ...

A new metal-organic framework material that sorts hydrocarbon molecules by shape could lower the cost of gasoline and also make the fuel safer by reducing the need for certain additives that have been ...

Using demolition attachments to size and sort debris can turn costly co-mingled materials into single entities that can be recycled or reused on the jobsite. Perusing websites of demolition ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — Flathead County reports 1.1 million pounds of recyclable materials were collected at its sites for the fiscal year 2020. The WasteNot Project works to bring awareness to solid waste ...

Each year, as tens of billions of garments are made, countless unwanted clothes end up discarded — often destined for landfills or incineration. The fast fashion industry often gets blamed for ...