Food vs. non-food: How AI sorts 3 billion PET trays

Cirrec operates the world's first industrial-scale tray-to-tray recycling plant, processing 60,000 tonnes of post-consumer PET trays per year. The critical step: distinguishing food from non-food packaging – before shredding, while shape, print and surface are still readable. Our AI-based sensor sorting handles exactly that, enabling food-grade flakes and pellets at over 95% purity. ▸ Full story: https://steinertglobal.com/company/ne... ▸ Technology: STEINERT UniSort PR EVO 5.0 with IOI #PETrecycling #CircularEconomy #FoodGradePackaging #AIsorting #TrayToTray ────────────────────────────── 🔗 Connect with STEINERT ▸ Website: https://steinert.de ▸ LinkedIn:   / steinert   ▸ Instagram:   / steinert_global   ▸ YouTube:    / @steinertglobal   📩 Get in touch ▸ https://steinertglobal.com/contact/ ℹ️ About STEINERT Sensor sorting and magnetic separation for recycling, mining and metal processing – since 1889. Headquartered in Cologne, Germany.