More than 10 years ago, Dave Hakkens, a then-student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released a free, replicable design for a plastic recycling machine, Euronews reported. This design was made ...

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TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taichung-based FNG Co. has developed a plastic bottle recycling machine with an AI system that sorts bottles by color and type before processing, reducing transport emissions ...

Tainan City, Taiwan-based YE I Machinery Factory Co. Ltd. says its Plastic Waste Recycling Machine line of equipment offers “three-in-one” shredding, extruding and pelletizing functions in one device.

Many plastics manufacturers use processes like sequential 3D blow-in molding and two-shot injection molding, but they create a lot of scrap during start-ups or due to flashing and defects. This waste ...

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And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...

With millions of tons of plastic ending up in landfills and oceans each year, there is a massive ecological need to improve recycling efforts. New recycling methods are designed to increase the amount ...

Next Generation Recycling Machines Inc. (NGR) relocated its customer service and testing center to a larger facility in Atlanta to showcase more machinery and be closer to the international airport.