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 ...

Vietnamese inventor Tran Van Truong creates automated waste-sorting system to reclaim resources, reduce landfill waste, and revive polluted dump sites.

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 ...

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 ...

It is important for scrap yard managers to be able to track the separation performance of the yard over time. This makes it easier to monitor losses and determine if there may be problems with the ...

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 ...