Canon has announced its entry into the recycling system market with the launch of its new plastic sorting equipment with innovative material identification technology. Plastic sorting equipment “TR-S1510”Source: Canon Central and North AfricaAccording to Plastic Products, Plastic Waste and Resource Recovery, published by the Plastic Waste Management Institute, roughly 20% of plastic waste generated in our daily lives is recycled as material for new products (material recycling), while the remainder is used as fuel or incinerated. Additionally, in order to accelerate plastic recycling, higher accuracy and productivity are required for sorting operations. Canon attributes the machine's high-precision, high-speed sorting of plastic (including black pieces) to its combination of Raman spectroscopy with a tracking mechanism. Therefore, the practical application of Raman spectroscopy to sorting black plastic has so far proven difficult.
