A review article analyzes the latest methods in plastic recycling guided by process systems engineering approaches, including ...

Sorting Steps Eco Plastics was founded in 2000, but it wasn’t until 2006 that the company built its first plastics processing line that was similar to the process in place at the company’s Hemswell ...

Talks last year in South Korea were supposed to be the final round, but they adjourned in December at an impasse over cutting ...

getty First off, the robots can help sort the plastic that’s set aside for recycling. Second, the chemicals can help break down the plastics into valuable raw materials.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — 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 ...

Sorting black plastics according to type Date: June 1, 2016 Source: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Summary: Recycling black plastics, such as those found in car instrument panels, used to be impossible ...

Ocean Plastics Recovery Project is using a shredder supplied by SSI to help turn ocean plastic into reusable materials.

About 100 billion plastic bags are consumed in the U.S. annually, and 12 percent are recycled, said Phil Rozenski, senior director of sustainability for plastic and paper packaging manufacturer ...

Sweden unveiled a groundbreaking, high-tech plastic sorting plant called "Site Zero." The facility presents new methods for combating plastic waste. Like its namesake implies, it aims to boost ...

Plastic waste is stored in a new plastic waste sorting facility in Motala, central Sweden, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023. Sweden launched a new state-of-the-art plastic sorting facility, the largest of ...

A new Swedish factory can recycle more plastic packaging than any other site in the world, according to the non-profit behind it. The ‘Site Zero’ plant in the city of Motala is being billed as ...