Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second ...

Barcode readers excel at quickly identifying groceries and other products. Could a similar idea work at industrial recycling ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Findings show that advanced mechanical recycling can enable more than 30% recycled content in demanding flexible packaging applications, complementing ...

The study examines a 50,000tpa advanced mechanical recycling facility for flexible plastics.

Plastic recycling was sold as the answer, but new data suggests the system may be failing far more waste than expected.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. workers sorting plastic bottles - cazawi/Shutterstock Recycling can be a complicated business, and plastic recycling makes it even ...

The company says its sorting facility in Sweden is the first in Europe to receive the RecyClass Sorting Process Certification designation. “Being the first in Europe to receive this certification ...