Ever wondered what happens to the recyclables you carefully sort and place in your bin? For years, recycling has been a crucial part of our efforts to reduce waste and protect the environment. However ...

Some might say A.I. is garbage, but it's actually helping humans in several ways – even helping them organize just that. Young innovators Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko have developed the AuditPRO, a ...

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 ...

The decision is made. A recycling facility plans to install equipment leveraging the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve sorting performance. That’s the easy step. Now what? A ...

(TNS) — Representatives of the region’s waste disposal authority are making the rounds at city meetings this month to lay the groundwork for long-term contract extensions they say will extend use of ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

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 ...

A strategic partnership between Greyparrot and Bollegraaf stands poised to help materials recovery facilities (MRFs) and plastics recovery facilities (PRFs) improve waste sorting and recovery through ...

"Oscar Sort" is the University of Wisconsin's new artificial-intelligence waste and recycling assistant, introduced by the Office of Sustainability’s Zero Waste Team to improve recycling accuracy on ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Cappstone, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based commercial cleaning and facility maintenance company, is sounding the alarm on the need for trash sorting as ...

A student uses an Oscar Sort system by holding an item in front of its AI-powered camera. A student uses an Oscar Sort system by holding an item in front of its AI-powered camera. Average trash and ...