Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The Michigan State University Surplus Store and Recycling Center introduces a new robotic sorter to it’s campus to more effectively handle recyclables. The university is making ...

You might want to rethink that congratulatory pat-on-the-back you give yourself when choosing to recycle instead of trash your venti Starbucks cup. Recent studies have found that up to 79 percent of ...

Maintaining optical sorters can help a recycling system reach its optimum efficiency, a field supervisor says. Checking valves can be a critical maintenance step, since a broken or clogged valve leads ...

Germany-based TOMRA Sorting Recycling has launched the new Autosort Flake sorter, featuring simultaneous triple-sorting capability, through the product website, www.upgrade-your-flake.com, 7 December ...

The acquisition is intended to transform the circular textile ecosystem within the UK by using advanced technology. This initiative will facilitate the ethical recycling of textiles that cannot be ...

A photograph of a cullet sorting machine in action. A suite of sensors enables sorting equipment to quickly purify crushed glass, or cullet, for recycling. Credit: Strategic Materials If you could ...