China started small-scale trials of waste sorting in 2000, but landfill sites and unmanaged waste continued to encircle cities and local people protested plans to build more incinerators. Gradually, ...

The AI-driven textile waste sorting line has a processing capacity of approximately 2 tons per hour and is capable of high-precision separation across multiple material types, including: high-purity ...

For years, China processed more than half of the world’s plastic recycling. Then, in 2018, it stopped. Things have gotten messy since then. Let’s play a game. Name a foreign policy decision that has ...

Ever since cities began offering curbside recycling programs, skeptics have joked about how it all ends up going to the same place as the garbage. In Franklin, N.H., that’s actually true. Residents ...

Celine Suiwriting for the South China Morning Post, Aug. 5: Shanghai’s waste sorting system adds yet another level to surveillance in China. In 2018, the city rolled out smart recycling ...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has launched a pilot program to create "waste-free cities" designed to use resources more efficiently and eliminate the growing health and environmental risks caused by ...

China’s recent crackdown on the import of plastic waste will result in millions of tons of displaced plastic trash, according to new research. The ban will force countries like the US to find new ways ...