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Sorting for Plastic Bottles Recycling using Machine Vision Methods

  • SanaSadat Mirahsani;Sasan Ghasemipour;AmirAbbas Motamedi
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.89-98
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    • 2024
  • Due to the increase in population and consequently the increase in the production of plastic waste, recovery of this part of the waste is an undeniable necessity. On the other hand, the recycling of plastic waste, if it is placed in a systematic process and controlled, can be effective in creating jobs and maintaining environmental health. Waste collection in many large cities has become a major problem due to lack of proper planning with increasing waste from population accumulation and changing consumption patterns. Today, waste management is no longer limited to waste collection, but waste collection is one of the important areas of its management, i.e. training, segregation, collection, recycling and processing. In this study, a systematic method based on machine vision for sorting plastic bottles in different colors for recycling purposes will be proposed. In this method, image classification and segmentation techniques were presented to improve the performance of plastic bottle classification. Evaluation of the proposed method and comparison with previous works showed the proper performance of this method.

Plastic Pandemic caused by COVID-19; Based on Market Price of Recyclable Resources

  • Lee, Da Hye;Chang, In Hong;Kim, Youn Su
    • Journal of Integrative Natural Science
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.158-169
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    • 2020
  • Modern people live in the age of plastics. It has been widely used due to its easy molding processing, mass production, and excellent durability. However, over-produced plastics for convenience cause plastic disasters and adversely affect the ecosystem. Since the COVID-19 outbreak, the use of single-use plastic waste due to the use of delivery services has increased. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a plastic pandemic. Currently, domestic recycling policies depend only on recycling collection companies and market prices of recyclable resources. This paper confirms whether the outbreak of COVID-19 has affected the price of plastic waste. It also shows that the price of plastic waste is more unstable than metals with a high recycling rate. This urges businesses to share the cost of recycling on plastic waste, no longer being dependent on market prices for recyclable resources.

협회소식

  • Korea Plastic Recycling Corporation
    • KPRC NEWS
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    • no.9
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    • pp.4-5
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    • 2005
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협회업무

  • Korea Plastic Recycling Corporation
    • KPRC NEWS
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    • no.9
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    • pp.22-22
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    • 2005
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회원동정

  • Korea Plastic Recycling Corporation
    • KPRC NEWS
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    • no.9
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    • pp.20-21
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    • 2005
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정부소식

  • Korea Plastic Recycling Corporation
    • KPRC NEWS
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    • no.9
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    • pp.16-17
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    • 2005
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Review of Recycling of the Plastic Waste (폐플라스틱의 처리·재자원화 최신동향)

  • Shin, Hee-Duck;Kim, Jong Heon
    • Resources Recycling
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.3-11
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    • 2014
  • Large scale generation of plastic waste has generated considerable interest it seeking innovative solutions to waste recycling and reuse. Plastic solid waste(PSW) treatment and recycling processes could be allocated to four major categories, re-extrusion(primary), mechanical recycling(secondary), chemical recycling(tertiary) and energy recovery(quaternary). This review considers the various aspects of the PSW recycling such as recycling methods of PSW, special problems about some proposed process, separation techniques, and recycling of mixed PSW.