Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

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 ...

Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

Canon Inc. (https://en.Canon-CNA.com/) announced today that it will launch new plastic sorting equipment with innovative material identification technology. The ...

First off, the robots can help sort the plastic that’s set aside for recycling. Second, the chemicals can help break down the plastics into valuable raw materials. The University at Buffalo in New ...

This factory is all about plastic. Chocolate wrappers, plastic bags, yoghurt containers and white polystyrene boxes are making their way across a 60,000 square metre complex - to be broken down, ...

If you live in the United States, your city or town probably has a curbside recycling program that accepts at least a few types of plastics. One form of plastic you should never drop into your colored ...

A new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of its kind in the world, has been launched in Sweden. It's big enough to receive almost all plastic waste from Swedish households. The new ...