Hyperspectral imaging can provide information about the chemical constituents of materials which makes it useful for waste sorting and recycling. It has been applied to distinguish between substances with different fabrics and to identify natural, animal and synthetic fibers. HSI cameras can be integrated with machine vision systems and, via simplifying platforms, allow end-customers to create new waste sorting applications and other sorting/identification applications. A system of machine learning and hyperspectral camera can distinguish between 12 different types of plastics such as PET and PP for automated separation of waste of, as of 2020, highly unstandardized plastics products and packaging.