CNET's Martin LaMonica follows recycling waste on the next step of its life: a high-tech, single-stream recycling center where machines do the bulk of the heavy lifting. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

In contrast to common perceptions, plastic is in no way near one material. Rather, it is a combination of many materials (polymers) with different chemical compounds and additives such as pigments or ...

The equipment company says its multipurpose bucket is ideal for recycling companies handling loose, bulky materials.

Waste Processing Solutions, the new company created by the Finlay Group to cater specifically for the recycling market, has supplied a specialist material recovery facility to Sackers Recycling. The ...

Flotation separation techniques have emerged as a promising solution to the escalating challenge of plastic waste recycling. By utilising the inherent differences in plastic surface properties, ...

Consider the mix of materials that go into household appliances and automobiles. The good news, say researchers at Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), is that over 95% of the over 50 million ...

The Singapore-based Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) has issued two playbooks designed to boost the collection and sorting of plastic packaging for recycling, including one that addresses the role ...

With millions of tons of plastic ending up in landfills and oceans each year, there is a massive ecological need to improve recycling efforts. New recycling methods are designed to increase the amount ...

The expanded TPB + E + H framework has greater explanatory power to understand waste separation behavior, and can be flexibly applied in a variety of geographic and cultural contexts. Household waste ...