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

Canon has announced its entry into the recycling system market with the launch of its new plastic sorting equipment with innovative material identification technology. The equipment applies Raman ...

Sorting technology company says its compact shredded metal and fines sorting device offers 2 tons per hour of throughput. The CEO of Redwave says its new metallic fines sorting device “promises to ...

Black plastics pose an identification problem for sorting machines at recycling facilities, as the sensors can't see them. Canon has developed a system that users lasers and tracking tech to identify ...

Computer Recycling is poised to supercharge e-waste recycling in New Zealand, shifting the country from a laggard to a global leader. The Auckland-based company has bought and deployed the world’s ...

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Deep learning uses artificial multilayered neural networks and a vast amount of labeled sensor data to learn how to classify or detect objects. For the detection and classification of images, ...

An additional 310 tonnes of recycling has been diverted from landfill each month since the new Portsmith facility began processing materials sourced from kerbside collection contractors. Plant ...

85% of discarded textiles were relegated to landfills or incineration plants in 2018, according to EPA. Credit: anna.spoka/Shutterstock. The creation of this database comes as a response to the ...