Opto-pneumatic Separators in Waste Management

Abstract

The European Union legal regulations referring to municipal solid wastes are aimed at getting the highest amount of resources found in the wastes. Thus it is necessary to provide proper function of the systems of collecting and sorting wastes. Nowadays more and more often automatic opto-pneumatic separators are applied in waste management. The article presents the principle of the function of opto-pneumatic separators and an example of the installation where such separators are applied.