Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

This modern recycling system is designed to process and sort large volumes of waste efficiently. Watch how materials move ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

The fully automated circuit, including the shredder, eddy current and optical sorter, expanded Premier Surplus’ electronic scrap processing capacity by 300 percent versus manual sorting. Processing ...

Lakeshore Recycling Systems opened a $50 million materials recovery facility (MRF) last year called The Exchange to sort recyclables collected throughout Chicagoland. We pointed out the many benefits ...

At the Boulder County Recycling Center in Colorado, two team members spend all day pulling items from a conveyor belt covered in junk collected from the area’s bins. One plucks out juice cartons and ...

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 ...

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and spectroscopy are enhancing plastic recycling, offering innovative solutions to improve sorting accuracy, enhance efficiency, and address the growing ...

Most recyclable material never leaves the house. What does get collected faces contamination, weak markets, and a collapsed export system ...

Global battery volumes are surging, yet recycling rates remain critically low at just 45 percent in the U.K. and 49 percent in the EU. Small batteries, defined as those under 5 kilograms (11 pounds), ...

Waste Management, the nation’s biggest recycler, is spending $1.4 billion to become more efficient. How it could pay off.

Every day, around a thousand tons of recycled materials are dumped into towering piles at the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility (MRF). This state-of-the-art facility on Brooklyn’s waterfront ...