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Glossary - Near-infrared (NIR) Optical Sorting
Grounded Packaging
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Grounded Packaging
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NIR is one type of optical sorting technology that enables plastic packaging to be separated by polymer type into different plastic recycling streams.
A Brief Overview of Plastic Sorting Technology
Polymer Innovation Blog
https://polymerinnovationblog.com › 2017/03
Polymer Innovation Blog
https://polymerinnovationblog.com › 2017/03
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Mar 10, 2017 — NIR is looking at the wavelength for different material chemistries and consequently can be used to separate plastics by resin type. • It is ...Read more
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Plastics sorting with Specim FX hyperspectral cameras
Specim
https://www.specim.com › plastics-sorting-with-specim-f...
Specim
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Oct 29, 2025 — It is well known that black plastics are problematic and cannot be sorted with traditional near-infrared (NIR) cameras. However, black plastics ...Read more
Plastics Identification - trinamiX
trinamixsensing.com
https://trinamixsensing.com › plastic-identification
trinamixsensing.com
https://trinamixsensing.com › plastic-identification
Our Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solution combines mobile hardware, data analysis, and material expertise to differentiate a wide range of plastic types.Read more
Plastics - NRT
NRT Optical Sorting
https://nrtsorters.com › Markets
NRT Optical Sorting
https://nrtsorters.com › Markets
NIR ... NRT is a world leader in plastic bottle and flake sorting technology, with the world's largest installed capacity in PET plastic reclamation plants.Read more
NIR Optical Sorting
Wikiwaste
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Wikiwaste
https://wikiwaste.org.uk › index.php › NIR_Optical_Sort...
NIR sorting is widely used to separate plastic by NIR Optical Sorting via transmission or reflection, sometimes in a dedicated Plastics Recovery Facility.Read more
HDPE and PP Separation with NIR Sorting technology
AMD Sorter
https://www.amdcolorsorter.com › blog › hdpe-and-pp-s...
AMD Sorter
https://www.amdcolorsorter.com › blog › hdpe-and-pp-s...
Sep 21, 2023 — To mitigate contamination issues, recycling facilities often employ advanced sorting and separation technologies to ensure that PP and HDPE are ...Read more
TOMRA Optical Sorting
Van Dyk Recycling Solutions
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Van Dyk Recycling Solutions
https://vdrs.com › tomra-optical-sorting
Tomra optical sorting has superior NIR recognition and provides more accurate results than optical systems using ordinary sensors.
AI Can Use Infrared Signature to Sort Plastics
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
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The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
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May 2, 2022 — Using near-infrared light, a group of Danish researchers can automatically distinguish the plastic in soda bottles from that in nylon rope.Read more
