Plastic bottles are increasingly becoming a serious
environmental problem. They are a major part of the
municipal waste due to their low density to volume
ratio and non-biodegradable nature. Therefore,
intensive research efforts have been made to provide
solutions to improve the efficiency of plastic
bottles recycling techniques. However, many of these
solutions focus on the plastic chemical composition
or color classification.
This book presents the design and implementation of
an automatic plastic bottles classification system
based on the combination of color and chemical
property. The...