Waste-management facilities are using AI to turn trash into recycled treasure

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a woman in a hard hat and grey parrot high vis vest working on a computer in a waste management facility

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Sorting out recycling from trash is the perfect example of a job few people want to do that AI is better than humans at

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A photo of aluminum cans at a recycling center in California.
Recycling facilities are struggling to find enough workers. Now, some are turning to robotics that, in some cases do a better job than humans.

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If a single farm produced all the food wasted in the US, it would be the size of California and New York combined. We're the culprits.

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Shuggie's, a San Francisco restaurant, uses food that would otherwise go to waste to create meals.

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