Infrared tech enables recycling of black plastic

A technology company in northern Finland’s city of Oulu has developed an infrared camera that is able to identify black plastic for recycling for the first time. Black plastic is also cheap as it is made by using low-value, multi-coloured waste plastic and production is easier to control, according to Specim’s founder, industry specialist Esko Herrala. So far, however, no other companies in Finland appear prepared to begin using recycling systems and technologies even though recycled plastic is far cheaper than new, virgin plastic, according to Herrala.

Source: yle.fi