You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...

ZenRobotics Ltd., headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, has launched the latest version of its robotic waste sorting system, permitting operators to fully train the ZenRobotics Recycler (ZRR). With full ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

An increasing amount of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but is often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can ...

Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more efficient? A review article by ...

National Harbor, Md. — Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled. But getting this ...

A consistent practice of recycling and reusing materials maintains the state’s recycling infrastructure and stimulates a circular economy. We talk to Matt James of the North Carolina Department of ...

Recycling technology vendor publishes 14-page booklet reviewing shredded aluminum sorting advances and techniques. Emerging technologies “can create furnace-ready aluminum for use in the manufacture ...