Artificial intelligence plays growing role in recycling [Video]

Recycling is a challenge in our country.

Currently, only 21-percent of what could be recycled actually gets recycled, according to recent tracking by The Recycling Partnership.

That means a lot of stuff is ending up in the landfill.

Now, more companies are turning to artificial intelligence as a possible solution to help fix this problem.

Bollegraaf, the world’s biggest builder of recycling plants, and AI start-up Greyparrot recently announced they’ll be using AI systems to sort recycling.

They’re just the latest waste managers to add the technology.

“While it’s not the silver bullet, it is a great platform for us to understand the composition of waste that so we can manage it better. You can’t really manage what you can’t measure,” said Cody Marshall with The Recycling Partnership.

Marshall tells us AI can help to sort different types of plastics.

The technology can also identify new types of packaging and help determine if it can be recycled.

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