Recycle Checks
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Carbon black
commonly used black pigment for plastics. Carbon black absorbs NIR radiation. See also the term ‘Near Infrared (NIR)’. Plastics colored with carbon black are therefore not yet detected in sorting faci ...
Coating
A coating is a thin layer of material applied to a base material. The coating serves to add properties that the base material lacks.Glass-specificAn addition to the surface of the glass after the pack ...
CPS (ceramics, porcelain, stone)
A collection of contaminants in glass recycling.
Eddy Current
Eddy currents, also known as electrical eddy currents, are used to separate non-ferrous metals (such as aluminum) from a mixed stream of waste materials. Non-ferrous metals only exhibit magnetic behav ...
Flotation (de-inking)
Chemicals are used to create air bubbles in the pulp suspension. The ink particles attach to the rising air bubbles, bringing them to the surface where they can be removed. Additional methods, such as ...
Glass bath
The glass bath is the term for the part of the furnace where the glass is melted.
Mixed stream (plastics recycling)
A sorted stream of mixed plastic packaging, offered by sorters to recyclers for recycling. Products made from this mixed stream include park benches, marker posts, crates, and pallets.
Mono stream (plastics recycling)
A sorted stream consisting of a single material type, offered by sorters to recyclers according to sorting specifications.