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Germany-based Stadler Group, with North American offices in Colfax, North Carolina, has commissioned what the company describes as the world’s first fully automated waste sorting plant in late 2015.

From households to recycling sorting centers where various wastes are gathered, waste separation is done by human hands. However, when done manually, recyclable materials are sometimes missed and such ...

The waste is moved by a conveyor belt to a larger machine, where it is separated into organic and plastic materials through a rapid spinning ...