The company has secured more than $11 million in funding.

You may not think about it when tossing that empty cat food can into your curbside recycling container, but downstream there is a small army of people at Penn Waste trying to separate usable items ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

The Matoha portable fabric identifier is a handheld scanner that employs near-infrared spectroscopy and AI algorithms to identify fiber types such as cotton, polyester, wool, and blends with high ...

Ever wondered what happens to the recyclables you carefully sort and place in your bin? For years, recycling has been a crucial part of our efforts to reduce waste and protect the environment. However ...

Go inside a recycling facility in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. The city of Chicago has room for improvement when it comes to recycling. Chicago has one of the lowest recycling rates of ...

All Ulster County, New York, residents will soon be able to combine plastic, glass and metal recyclables. Under a new Resource Recovery Agency plan, gone are the days when residents had to separate ...

Penn Waste has implemented AI-powered robots to improve the safety and efficiency of its recycling sorting process. Developed by startup Glacier, the AI robots can identify 70 different materials and ...