Today Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the official North American launch of its groundbreaking Raman plastic analyzer, the TR-A100. The innovative Raman plastic identification equipment is available now, ...

The technology company says its Raman laser spectroscopy analyzer can be helpful to plastics recyclers, including those handling black plastic.

One way to reduce plastic pollution in the environment is to identify different types of plastic to guarantee efficient waste management. Plastics are one of the most widely utilized products globally ...

Properly identifying the numerous types of plastic requires lifelong training, although automated identification equipment can provide crucial help. In a session at Recycling Today’s Plastics ...

Microplastics – the tiny particles of plastic shed when litter breaks down – are everywhere, from the deep sea to Mount Everest, and many researchers worry that they could harm human health. I am a ...

Data from microplastic analyses can inform health recommendations and policy decisions. Machine learning is one tool researchers have started using. I am a machine learning researcher. With a team of ...

Melissa Maurer-Jones, associate professor in the Swenson College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth, was a co-author in a new study that was able to identify tiny ...

Chemicals of concern in plastics: Number of the chemicals identified as of concern, less hazardous, not hazardous, without data, and under development. The outer circle represents chemicals that are ...

It takes 200 years for polyester clothing to break down meaning that every piece of polyester clothing ever made still exists today. Even for the most conscious consumers, it can be a challenge to ...

Finding, cultivating, and bioengineering organisms that can digest plastic not only aids in the removal of pollution, but is now also big business. Several microorganisms that can do this have already ...