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 ...

Technology provider says AI-related sorting part of its display at NPE 2024 this May in Florida. Tomra says its GainNext device classifies material based on sensor data and provides object recognition ...

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Newark, New Jersey-based G&F Recycling was having an issue sorting No. 3-7 plastics at its material recovery facility (MRF). G&F Recycling’s Operations Manager Tiffanie Nyzio says she realized the ...