Platform scales up tools to digitize recycling sector
Matium last month began the commercial launch of a platform that digitizes many aspects of the plastics recycling trading business....
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Entering the digital age of buying and selling
Digital buying, selling and trading is the future of recycled commodity sales – but we're not in the future quite...
Recyclable, light-blocking shrink sleeve patented
A Connecticut-based manufacturer of shrink sleeves and flexible packaging has secured a U.S. patent for a coating that both blocks...
Hemp-fiber additive company nets investment
A Detroit-based startup that uses natural fiber as plastic additives has secured an investment from a German business incubator.
Sea-faring plastics recycling project sees success
It's been nearly 18 months since a 128-foot vessel embarked on a global voyage to share knowledge and equipment with...
Takeaways from a sea-faring plastics recycling project
It's been nearly 18 months since a 128-foot vessel embarked on a global voyage to share knowledge and equipment with...
Merlin, Revolution and many more receive FDA letters
In the last half of 2023, numerous plastics recycling processes received the greenlight for use in food and drink packaging...
Device jostles hard drives apart for component recovery
Recently unveiled equipment from Garner Products dismantles hard drives in roughly one minute using strong vibration, which the company frames...
Why Glacier’s MRF robots drew millions in funding
The co-founders of emerging sortation robotics supplier Glacier say their robots provide an immediate quality benefit with a small footprint:...
Chemical ‘barcodes’ tested to help sort plastics
A new partnership is working to use digitization technology to better identify plastics with different additives or chemistries.
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