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Sorting mechanisms can’t distinguish crumpled paper from plastic, and ultimately, it just winds up in the trash. The same goes for shredded paper. The small bits drop through the equipment like ...

Despite being face down at the bottom of a crumpled paper bag for more than a century, these seven cards are in better condition than the 15 other versions of this card known to collectors.

The latter seems to be the case with our category of “trash” and the attributes that we perceive in crumpled or cut up paper. Thus in the study, the researchers found that consumers tend to ...

If you've ever uncrumpled a crumpled piece of paper, you may have noticed the creases form in geometric patterns. But you probably didn't! It's a crumpled piece of paper! Well, next time ...