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Smart Planet Launches reCUP Recycling Initiative
Apr 12, 2018Smart Planet Technologies has launched the reCUP Recycling Initiative to address global paper cup recycling problem. The Recycling Initiative has been launched with support from Southern California based recycling partners, Allan Company, ...
Tags: Smart Planet, paper cup
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AI-Driven Robot Learns to Identify Food and Beverage Cartons
Mar 27, 2017The Carton Council of North America has announced the success of a program that is using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotic systems to collect cartons more efficiently at the Alpine Waste & Recycling's material recovery facility in ...
Tags: AI-Driven Robot, Beverage Cartons
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APC Funds Turned The First Sod in The Construction Process for The New $3.65m MRF
May 26, 2014Lismore mayor, Jenny Dowell, and Lismore MP, Thomas George, turned the first sod in the construction process for the new $3.65m Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) and glass processing plant in Lismore nine months ago. it was completed this ...
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Variable Quality of Recyclate Acted as a Damper on The Recycling Sector in UK
Feb 19, 2013According to PAFA, the variable quality of recyclate has long acted as "a damper on the recycling sector in the UK". The association added that it will be working with other members of the recycling supply chain to ensure that action is ...
Tags: recyclate quality, recycling sector, materials recovery facility
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Sita UK Opens Pound 2.5m Materials Recovery Facility
Jan 4, 2013Recycling and resource management company SITA UK has opened a pound 2.5m materials recovery facility (MRF) near Wareham in Dorset, UK. The facility can process over 20,000 tonnes of commercial dry mixed recyclables per year using ...
Tags: SITA UK, materials recovery facility, Wareham, Dorset
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The Number of Households Who Can Recycle Cartons Has Grown From 18% to Now More Than 40%
Dec 21, 2012As food and beverage cartons become more common on grocery store shelves, they are also becoming more common in curbside recycling bins. In 2009, a group of carton manufactures joined forces as the Carton Council to increase carton ...
Tags: Cartons Can, Packaging, Beverage Cartons
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Sonoco Recycling Invests $4m in Us Facility
Dec 4, 2012Global packaging company Sonoco's unit Sonoco Recycling has invested $4m in its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina, US allowing it to accept additional types of materials. The facility will enable residents in ...
Tags: recycling, invested, MRF, materials, household materials, composite cans
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Contaminated Textiles Are Not Environmentally and Economically Viable
Oct 16, 2012The recycling processes of contaminated textiles, extracted from landfills and co-mingled kerbside collections, are not environmentally and economically viable, according to two UK recycling firms, I & G Cohen Limited and Axion Consulting, ...
