Articles About RWE OWI Platform

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Recycling & Sorting

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A publication by Renewable Waste Energy - 30+ years transforming waste into resources.

TOMRA GAINnext Sorts PET Trays at 95% Purity. The Number You Should Ask About Is Recall.
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TOMRA GAINnext Sorts PET Trays at 95% Purity. The Number You Should Ask About Is Recall.

TOMRA GAINnext hit 95% PET tray purity and a 51% PolyPerception stake at IFAT 2026. An engineer's read on recall, conversational plant control, and copper meatballs.

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Viridor Pulls the Plug on Quantafuel: What 'Commercially Uninvestable' Means for Pyrolysis Project Finance
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Viridor Pulls the Plug on Quantafuel: What 'Commercially Uninvestable' Means for Pyrolysis Project Finance

The Viridor Quantafuel shutdown wasn't a tech failure - Skive hit 75% yield. Plastics-to-liquids pyrolysis economics broke on capital structure, not policy.

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Why Is Only 22% of E-Waste Recycled When the Metal Is Worth $91 Billion?
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Why Is Only 22% of E-Waste Recycled When the Metal Is Worth $91 Billion?

E-waste recycling recovers barely a fifth of $91B in embedded metals. The bottleneck isn't the smelter, it's collection and sorting - here's where it pays.

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Waste Management in Latin America: Why Projects Stall and What Actually Works
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Waste Management in Latin America: Why Projects Stall and What Actually Works

Latin America produces 540,000 tonnes of waste daily. Here's why infrastructure fails and the modular approaches finally gaining traction in the region.

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Computer Vision in Waste Classification: How Machines See What Humans Miss
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Computer Vision in Waste Classification: How Machines See What Humans Miss

How computer vision and deep learning classify waste materials at belt speed, achieving 95%+ accuracy. Architecture, training data, deployment, and real-world performance.

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Advanced Waste Sorting Technology: How AI, Robotics, and Optical Systems Are Replacing Manual Lines
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Advanced Waste Sorting Technology: How AI, Robotics, and Optical Systems Are Replacing Manual Lines

How modern waste sorting technology combines AI classification, robotic arms, and optical sensors to achieve 95%+ purity rates and unlock higher-value recovery.

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Waste-to-Energy vs Recycling: Complementary, Not Competing
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Waste-to-Energy vs Recycling: Complementary, Not Competing

Why waste-to-energy and recycling work together, not against each other. How integrated resource recovery achieves near-zero landfill dependence.

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How AI Is Transforming Waste Management
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How AI Is Transforming Waste Management

How artificial intelligence and machine learning optimize waste sorting, processing, and energy recovery. Real applications from classification to predictive maintenance.

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