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 ...

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 ...

ZenRobotics, a Terex brand, has introduced ZenRobotics 4.0, its fourth generation of waste sorting robots with new features and upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize and improve the ...

A weakness in the recycling chain has long been the sorting process. Good waste sorting is a prerequisite for the consistent and reliable production of high-quality recyclate. Or, to paraphrase the ...

The City of Davis has announced that the annual waste collection route monitoring for contamination will begin May 20 to ensure the city is in compliance with state regulations under Senate Bill SB ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

With the increasing population worldwide, waste generation is multiplying uncontrollably. Municipalities find it challenging to manage such wastes for further separation, recycling, transformation and ...

MOORHEAD — Trash left on the curb contains a treasure trove of information about the garbage habits of Moorhead residents. For example, around 14% of the material in Moorhead trash bins is recyclable, ...

Marketed as a virtual assistant for waste sorting, the Junker app helps consumers solve the everyday dilemma: ‘Can I recycle this?’ FoodNavigator asks co-founder Noemi De Santis how the start-up is ...