Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled ...

Penn Waste has implemented AI-powered robots to improve the safety and efficiency of its recycling sorting process. Developed by startup Glacier, the AI robots can identify 70 different materials and ...

Tae Hyung Park, CEO of AETECH, during an interview at the ‘Global Media Meetup’ Tae Hyung Park, CEO of AETECH, answering questions at the ‘Global Media Meetup’ AETECH, founded in May 2020, specializes ...

You might want to rethink that congratulatory pat-on-the-back you give yourself when choosing to recycle instead of trash your venti Starbucks cup. Recent studies have found that up to 79 percent of ...

Recycle Ann Arbor's longtime staff, Michelle Moravcik and Diego Tambriz, sort out contamination from the facility's paper to help ensure the cleanest end materials possible. (Recycle Ann Arbor) The ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — At Penn Waste’s recycling facility in York County, artificial intelligence is stepping in to make recycling jobs safer. The company recently installed a new AI-powered robot that ...

Melbourne-based recycling company APR Kerbside has begun using a robot in the materials separation process. The robot, from Canadian company Waste Robotics, is initially being used to separate Tetra ...

You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...