It is the perfect sorting machine for the separation of small metal contaminants from glass cullet, plastic flake or e-scrap. The MetalSort™ requires little space and can easily be integrated into ...

and these open-source plastics recycling machines might just jump-start that effort. We looked at [Precious Plastic] two years back, and their open-source plans for small-scale plastic recycling ...

Don’t gum up the works. Throwing bags, six-pack rings and other flexible plastics into your blue bin could mess up your ...

"Microplastic particles are currently found almost everywhere—in water, food, fish, and even breast milk," says Artūras ...

“Today, the behaviour is not towards recycling, and we are trying to change that,” Waters said. He said he did not know how many plastic bottles the machine would get. “We will accumulate ...

which makes it more difficult to recycle. Problematic plastics include black plastic food trays, which are used by many supermarkets. They are generally not collected as sorting machines are not ...

Traditional recycling processes struggle with mixed plastics, often requiring tedious and costly sorting. By efficiently handling blends, this new approach sidesteps one of the major hurdles in ...

A new million pound machine under construction to help boost recycling in Swindon should be operational by Christmas. The council hopes it will allow it to properly sort plastics and metals so it ...