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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by nerdbert on Friday February 16, 2024 @06:00PM (#39404174)
In my locale the waste management company encourages us to toss aluminum cans in the bin with everything else except for glass and paper. They use powerful magnets and eddy current sorters to separate them from the rest of the stream.
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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by lostlogin on Friday February 16, 2024 @10:19PM (#39406025)
They use a powerful magnet on aluminium?

Is it enough to slow aluminium on a conveyer or something?

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Re:Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades by nerdbert on Saturday February 17, 2024 @09:08AM (#39409522)
This type of machine: https://dingsmagnets.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Eddy-Cur...

The rotor contains powerful magnets and when it spins quickly it induces a magnetic field in nonferrous metals like aluminum, repelling them from the rotor so that they overshoot the "other waste" bin.

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