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 ...

“the first of its kind in the UK”. The Waste and Resources Action Programme is taking a keen interest in the project and is itself looking at ways to increase the expansion of bottle sorting capacity ...

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 ...

Metro and local recycling agencies are asking people to throw away plastic bags because they jam sorting machines and delay work at recycling centers. Hillsboro Far West Recycling center pulls out ...

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 ...