the country, and consumers of secondary commodities haven’t relaxed their standards for quality products, which makes sorting at the material recovery facility (MRF) level an increasingly integral ...

Just a few years ago, operators of material recovery facilities (MRFs) would often wonder aloud whether the collection and processing of plastic bottles was worth the effort. Among the factors that ...

Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Just how easy or not is it to sort polylactic acid (PLA), a popular bioplastic, from other packaging waste? A new study finds the same results as prior studies. Using a Near Infra-Red (NIR) sorting ...

The global recycling equipment market, as detailed in the report "Recycling Equipment Market by Equipment Type, Processed Material, and End-use - Global Forecast to 2036," is poised to expand from USD ...

Dusty and noisy - waste sorting is not an attractive occupation The dust at this busy recycling plant is pervasive and the steady noise of hoppers and conveyor belts makes this a challenging ...