Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

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 efficient? A review ...

Austria’s Steinbeis Polyvert GmbH uses an array of technology provided by Sesotec to sort and recycle postconsumer plastic. Sesotec says it has helped Steinbeis Polyvert become a producer of ...

Peer into a recycling bin and you'll almost certainly see a problem. Plastic trays, bottles, films all tangled together, ...

UB scientists’ system aims to reduce contamination, increase the recycling of materials to help enable a circular economy.

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla.—On the edge of the Florida Everglades, trash giant Waste Management just opened a $90 million facility that can process 60 tons of recyclable material an hour from four South ...