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MWIR-4-Plastic: The Identification of Complex End-of-Life Industrial Plastic using Mid-wave Infrared Hyperspectral Imaging and Machine Learning

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Aug 28, 2026 · UTC

The automated sorting of shredded black plastics from end-of-life (EOF) industrial waste presents a significant challenge in recycling facilities, primarily due to the limitations of current sensing and analytical approaches. Existing studies predominantly rely on single-point contact-based mid-infrared spectroscopy or laboratory hyperspectral imaging (HSI) setups, which fail to provide the spatially resolved analysis necessary for fast, bulk processing. Moreover, available datasets are laboratory-controlled and focus on intact rather than shredded plastics, hindering further recycling refinem

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