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Inorganic Chemistry

These light-based sensors make glass recycling possible

Fast-acting, spectroscopy-based sorting technologies help produce streams of pure recycled glass that manufacturers then use to make more bottles, jars, and other glass products. But technology alone won’t boost US recycling rates

by Mitch Jacoby
August 1, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 28
A photograph of a cullet sorting machine in action.

Credit: Strategic Materials | A suite of sensors enables sorting equipment to quickly purify crushed glass, or cullet, for recycling.

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