New research supports the value of household-level waste separation. But policies must also carefully consider consumer ...

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 ...

Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

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 ...

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 ...

ZenRobotics, a Terex brand, has introduced ZenRobotics 4.0, its fourth generation of waste sorting robots with new features and upgraded artificial intelligence (AI) to optimize and improve the ...

A volunteer helps sort domestic waste at a community in Chaoyang district in Beijing in May 2021. LI XIN/XINHUA Despite standout success in a few major cities, China's national garbage-sorting ...