A review article analyzes the latest methods in plastic recycling guided by process systems engineering approaches, including AI-assisted sorting.

Stadler system sorts plastics in Italy European technology provider Stadler has helped equip a 100,000-ton-per-year plastics sorting facility for Iren SpA in Turin, Italy.

The four-year grant is from the National Science Foundation’s Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation program; researchers are now building a robotic system that will “learn” to sort ...