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 ...

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The Innosort Flake enables simultaneous flake sorting by color, polymer and transparency, the company says. Tomra Insight, the company’s cloud-based data monitoring platform, can be installed as a ...

When it comes to plastics sorting, one of the most technologically advanced companies is the U.K.’s Eco Plastics Ltd., based in Hemswell, in the county of Lincolnshire. The company specializes in ...