materials recycling

Recycling robot aims to generate separate material waste streams, right in your kitchen

By April Gocha / February 5, 2021

Challenges with recycling systems have resulted in a dead end for many materials. But a new robotic kitchen concept called Lasso has a solution—the appliance can clean, sort, process, and store recyclable materials, generating highly pure recyclable waste streams right at their point of use.

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Could unraveling of the recycling cycle create new opportunities for glass?

By April Gocha / March 31, 2020

Recycling is currently a materials dead end—but what does that mean for other container materials? Glass could capitalize on the void left by discarded single-use plastics.

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Apple’s new robot, Daisy, recycles high-quality materials from up to 200 devices per hour

By April Gocha / April 24, 2018

In an effort to increase its sustainability and materials recycling efforts, Apple just unveiled a new robotic iPhone disassembly system, Daisy, that can separate and recover valuable materials from used iPhone devices in a matter of minutes.

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Ceramics and glass business news of the week

By April Gocha / February 6, 2015

Raytheon acquires drones, Asahi solar receives awards, Corning nabs NovaSol, and more ceramics and glass business news of the week for February 6, 2015.

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