[Dave Hakkens] graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven and decided to try his hand at making affordable plastic recycling machines. His reasoning? “We recycle just 10% [of waste plastic ...

and these open-source plastics recycling machines might just jump-start that effort. We looked at [Precious Plastic] two years back, and their open-source plans for small-scale plastic recycling ...

His solar-powered Trashpresso turns plastic waste into small tiles that can be used to build walls and floors. “These machines are a prototype of what we think the future of recycling should be ...

A new £1m machine will help boost Swindon's recycling rate and help it become greener, a councillor has said. A baler, which turns dry waste materials such as plastic and metals into bales ...

The increased motivation to curb plastic waste and boost recycling comes after the Blue ... deposit system have installed "reverse vending machines" to automate the process of reclaiming a deposit.

One big problem stems from recycling bins typically set up beside vending machines. Different types of trash are often tossed in, contaminating the potentially reusable plastic bottles.