Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

Using screening equipment to sort construction and demolition materials seems to be as much an art as a science. Many C&D recyclers always seem to want to make changes to what they are doing now in ...

The automation of sorting and separating functions at materials recovery facilities (MRFs) has been underway for a number of years now. The trend is by no means abating, with one of the highest-volume ...

Some of the city's tornado-damaged but possibly still operable recycling equipment could renew cardboard recycling efforts.

ASU is enhancing its efforts to improve landfill diversion with a new type of waste-sorting system installed last week. With the amount of foot traffic through the MU, it was necessary to find a way ...

We are standing at a crossroads. Integrating AI and positioning yourself as the dominant supplier of clean, profitable ...

Metro and local recycling agencies are asking people to throw away plastic bags because they jam sorting machines and delay work at recycling centers. Hillsboro Far West Recycling center pulls out ...

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 ...

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