AI could help the US be less terrible at recycling

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AI could modernize the waste industry and boost recycling rates.

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Amazon Is Ditching Plastic Packaging Abroad—but Using Even More in the U.S.

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Trackers Placed in Amazon Packaging Reveal What Really Happens to Store Drop-Off Recycling

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How bad is the wind turbine trash problem? And can we solve it?

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Conventional recycling techniques don't work on wind turbine blades. Now, an Ohio startup is turning them into park benches and planters. But how much trash will the wind energy industry create?

How scrappers cash in on gold from your old computer

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One ton of circuit boards from old e-waste can contain 100 times more gold than a ton of mined gold. Now, scrappers like Wade Crawley in Sydney, Australia, are cashing in. He's partnered with Mint Innovation, a company that invented a safer and cleaner way to recover precious metals from electronics.

Sneakers are bad for the environment and super difficult to recycle. We visited a company that claims it found a solution.

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Danny Pormes and Erna Pordes-Redecker work at FastFeetGrinded, their shoe recycling company.
Danny Pormes and Erna Pordes-Redecker work at FastFeetGrinded, their shoe recycling company.

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Why Isn't Landfill Mining More Popular?

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Americans tossed 292.4 million tons of trash into landfills in 2018, or about 5 pounds of garbage per person per day.

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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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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A Report Calls Chemical Recycling a ‘Dangerous Deception’—and a Former Plastic Lobbyist Agrees

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Democrats Release ‘Most Comprehensive Plan Ever’ to Address Plastics Problem

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