Black plastics pose an identification problem for sorting machines at recycling facilities, as the sensors can't see them. Canon has developed a system that users lasers and tracking tech to identify ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Vietnamese inventor Tran Van Truong creates automated waste-sorting system to reclaim resources, reduce landfill waste, and revive polluted dump sites. Faced with mounting domestic waste and outdated ...

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 ...

HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS LIKE THAT. AND HERE’S SOMETHING YOU DON’T HEAR ABOUT EVERY DAY TRASH SORTING, USING AI TECHNOLOGY. SO PENN WASTE NEW YORK IS IMPLEMENTING A NEW SORTING SYSTEM AIMING TO CLEAN UP THE ...

According to TFC Recycling, the recycling system, dubbed the “Green Team Recycling Machine (GTRM),” is the most automated and expensive sorting system of its type in the United States. The GTRM is ...

WATCH: Correspondent Macie Parker breaks down how UMass grads are teaching artificial intelligence to sort recycling from waste. AMHERST — As students rush into the UMass Campus Center food court to ...

Doğa PET, a new recycling venture by Doğa Holding, has partnered with Germany-based Tomra Recycling to use its sensor-based sorting solutions to produce polyethylene terephthalate (PET) flakes and ...