A: So long as any hard covers have been removed, L.G., these items are fine for your mixed recycling. Sure, single sheets of paper sort out more easily in our system, but we don’t expect you to spend ...

Cal-Waste added five optical sorters in its 2020 MRF upgrade: three optical sorters on its fiber line and two on its container line. For material recovery facility (MRF) operators, fiber tends to make ...

Ooh, I love a good waste management rumor. They tend to be so juicy, don’t you think? Your letter gave me a good excuse to take another look at our old friend single-stream recycling, and I can verify ...

Optical sorting, beyond its widespread metal and plastic applications, can play a role in upgrading recovered fiber. Optical sorting devices have helped paper recyclers meet global quality ...