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 ...

At Stony Brook University, researchers are developing an AI-assisted system to analyze and characterize contaminated items in recycling facilities.

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 ...

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

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 ...

Through the efforts of the Hanley Sustainability Institute, the University of Dayton has been improving its waste management each year. In 2024, HSI Summer Fellow Lia Schmidt piloted a new recycling ...