AMP ONE: the AI-run sorting plant that pulls recyclables out of rubbish bags before they reach landfill
Most rubbish bags still go straight to landfill, even though they contain cans, bottles, card and food that could be recovered.
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Greyparrot Analyzer: the London-built AI camera that shows recycling plants what is really on the belt
Recycling plants sort thousands of tonnes of mixed waste a day, yet most only check what they recover by hand-sampling a tiny share of it.
Recykal reklaim: the Hyderabad deposit-refund system bringing bottle returns to Himalayan pilgrim trails and Goa's beaches
Europe's bottle-return machines work because every container carries a deposit. India has very few such schemes, and plastic piles up on pilgrim routes and beaches.
TOMRA R1: the Norwegian reverse vending machine that takes a whole bag of bottles at once
Deposit return systems get people to bring back bottles and cans, but feeding them into a machine one by one is slow and messy.
ZenRobotics Heavy Picker: the Finnish AI robot that sorts heavy construction waste
Construction and demolition waste is the heaviest waste stream in Europe, full of wood, metal, stone and plastics mixed together.