Part of the problem is that workers and outdated machinery that sort bottles, cans, paper, and plastic at recycling ...

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Ganiga's fleet of waste-sorting technology is meant to help companies track and reduce the waste they produce.

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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 ...

Artificial intelligence is stepping in to make recycling jobs safer at Penn Waste’s recycling facility in York County.

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 ...

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 ...

Recycling equipment manufacturer Machinex, based in Plessisville, Quebec, has launched its new SamurAI Optima sorting robot, which it says has been engineered to be the most space-efficient model in ...

At the Boulder County Recycling Center in Colorado, two team members spend all day pulling items from a conveyor belt covered in junk collected from the area’s bins. One plucks out juice cartons and ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...