Huge amounts of clothing are simply discarded, and almost nothing goes to reuse or recycling. But with sensors and artificial ...

Most recyclable material never leaves the house. What does get collected faces contamination, weak markets, and a collapsed ...

AI-powered sorting is drawing billions in investment, but the environmental gains of preventing waste dwarf anything ...

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 ...

Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled ...

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

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 ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits. “The results of the study show that high-quality recycling through advanced sorting is better ...