<p>Disclosed is an assorting method capable of recovering crushed fragments consisted of a predetermined material from a plurality of crushed fragments with a high accuracy. An assorting method for taking out objects (1) from a target (101) to be assorted containing mixture of objects (1) and non-objects (2) comprises a step for discriminating the object (1) and the non-object (2), a step for acquiring the positional information with respect to the discriminated object (1), a step for adhering a liquid to the object (1) in accordance with the positional information, and a step for contacting a sticking member (140) to the target (101) to be assorted so as to stick the objects (1) to the sticking member (140) by means of viscosity of the liquid and taking out the objects (1) from the target (101).</p>
