COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Supporters of single-use plastic bag bans implemented or being discussed across South Carolina believe limiting plastics would decrease litter and waste. However, reducing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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“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 ...

Plastic waste is one of the biggest global problems right now, with more than 400 million tons generated each year and only 9 ...

As the recovery and separation of plastics from consumer and commercial waste streams becomes more of a global priority, at least one industry expert says it’s become virtually impossible for material ...

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 ...

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 ...