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 ...

Introduction Does your community have single-stream recycling, which allows you to mix materials into one recycling container? Have you ever wondered how those materials all get separated so they can ...

Something old; something new; something borrowed; something blue. This traditional bride-to-be rhyme could easily apply to the recycling industry which uses old and new sorting technologies; has ...

Introduction Have you ever used a coin-sorting machine to separate pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters? When you need to separate things that are all mixed together, using a machine can be much ...

Turkish recycling firm Burkasan sorts plastic containers and flakes using Tomra sensor sorting equipment. Serkan Orhan of Tomra says its new installation in Turkey has brought new levels of plastic ...