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Tools

Baetsen Recycling buys robotic recycling system

Netherlands-based recycling company, Baetsen Recycling, buys world’s first...

Teaching the 3Rs

When it comes to teaching kids the 3Rs (no, not reading, writing and arithmetic...

Streets ahead

You can’t just bung a bucket on the street and ask passers-by to deposit their...

Old car tyres to be used to hamper hurricane force

British marine engineer Stephen Salter has proposed reusing old car tyres to weaken the force of strong storms and hurricanes.

Dictionary of Sorting Technology

De-Inking Screen® [dē′iŋk·iŋ skrēn] A Bulk Handling Systems unit designed to separate cardboard and rigid fibre from newspaper and other flexible fibres.

Design innovations

Recycling collections are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with advances in vehicle design playing a crucial role. Charles Newman explores some of the new ideas that...

Technofixes

We’ve learned how important computer software can be to the waste management industry, but what of its counterpart, hardware? Will Simpson discovers its worth