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APR starts sweating the small stuff

Published: October 18, 2016
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small containers / Fotofermer, ShutterstockThe Association of Plastic Recyclers will research ways in which materials recovery facilities might be able to recover more smaller sized plastic containers, which are often lost during sortation. That was one of several actions the group announced at a recent meeting.

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Robotic sortation technology takes Innovators award

Published: September 28, 2015
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Matanya Horowitz of AMP Robotics addresses the crowd at the Recycling Innovators Forum.

The third-annual Recycling Innovators Forum has awarded $20,000 to AMP Robotics, a Colorado-based startup that aims to provide low-cost robotic sortation options to the recycling industry. Continue Reading

North America battery recycling effort rises by 20 percent

Published: July 25, 2016
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batteries / Kotkot32, ShutterstockVermont’s law mandating that producers fund the takeback and recycling of single-use batteries has helped significantly boost battery collections in the state. Meanwhile, collections are trending upward across the U.S. and Canada, according to Call2Recycle.

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