Japan's Ebara to make recycling plastic easier and more efficient

Machinery maker's new technology skips process of separating trash

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The technology Ebara is developing burns various types of garbage together and extracts the components of plastics from the gas. (Photo courtesy of the company)

SHOYA OKINAGA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese industrial machinery maker Ebara will commercialize a technology that can efficiently recycle plastic without going through the cumbersome and costly process of separating trash, starting as early as 2030.

Currently, garbage mixed with plastics is often incinerated. To recycle plastics as a resource, they must be separated from other types of garbage like food scraps. Plastic bottles are often collected separately but cannot be recycled if they are noticeably soiled.

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