An increasing amount of electronic waste is not being properly disposed of but is often discarded together with plastic waste, for example. If the batteries in these products are damaged, they can ...
Now, Selton diverts about 60 percent of her waste, sorting it into a solid recycling bin, a composting pile in her backyard, and two buckets for indoor worm composting that her sons, Prince Jr. and ...
A stupid plastic bottle in the trash caused the first squabble in the Zero Waste Challenge of 2015. I suppose I'm not surprised. I'd spent most of the week digging things out of the garbage, ...
Waste Robotics has released updated information about its recent installations, offering a clearer look at how its systems have been performing in organics, mixed waste and C&D environmentsover the ...
Pellenc ST, a France-based leader in optical sorting solutions, is launching AISEE™, an artificial intelligence- (AI-) based quality control analyzer that is designed to support operators in achieving ...
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Post-consumer reality of packaging waste

Once packaging leaves the consumer, it enters fragmented collection and sorting systems where contamination, infrastructure ...
The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.