Plastics manufacturing relies on the feed material, whether virgin or recycled, being metal-free. Metal contamination is costly both from equipment damage and production downtime. With a continued increase in the use of recycled material, both from internal and external sources, the need for optimum metal separation has never been more acute.

2022 has been an unprecedented year for all aspects of clean and sustainable energy with electric vehicles being at the forefront of much of the commentary. This is largely due to the emergence of legislation, such as the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which seeks to help create and standardize a national electric vehicles (EV) charging network.