Shrink sleeves interfere with the mechanical recycling of plastic bottles because of their poor
sortability during near-infrared (NIR)-based sorting. This study aims to identify reasons for …

Mass-based material flow compositions (MFCOs) are crucial to assess and optimize
mechanical plastic recycling processes. While MFCOs are determined by manual sorting …

Sensor-based material flow characterization (SBMC) promises to improve the performance
of future-generation sorting plants by enabling new applications like automatic quality …

Sensor-based material flow monitoring allows for continuously high output qualities, through
quality management and process control. The implementation in the waste management …

Plastic waste continues to accumulate, posing a severe global environmental threat. To
address this problem, recycling plastic waste into reusable forms has been identified as a …

Bei der der Herstellung von Dämmstoffprodukten aus Mineralwolle entstehen im
störungsfreien Betrieb beachtliche 15-25% Abfälle, bezogen auf die eingesetzten …

Sensor-based material flow monitoring has great potential in sorting plants in general, an
implementation based on the data of a sensor-based sorter (SBS) provides an economic …

The EU's circular economy package aims to achieve a recycling rate of 60% for metal
packaging by 2030. For Austria to achieve these targets, the introduction of joint collection of …