Embracing technology can address feedstock issue
To address recycled feedstock supply challenges, robotics and AI company EverestLabs says there's a need to pivot to new technologies.
Marissa Heffernan worked at Resource Recycling from January 2022 through June 2025, first as staff reporter and then as associate editor. Marissa Heffernan started working for Resource Recycling in January 2022 after spending several years as a reporter at a daily newspaper in Southwest Washington. After developing a special focus on recycling policy, they were also the editor of the monthly newsletter Policy Now.
To address recycled feedstock supply challenges, robotics and AI company EverestLabs says there's a need to pivot to new technologies.
Putting AI and robotics into a MRF is one thing. Designing a MRF with AI and robotics makes for an entirely different experience, according to AMP founder and CEO Matanya Horowitz.
In the near future, ITAD and e-scrap recyclers should expect industry consolidation and the rise of a new kind of environmental certificate that could create revenue streams for recyclers, advisory firm Bloom ESG predicted in a new white paper.
A group called the Plastic Pollution Coalition filed a false-advertising lawsuit against Danone Waters of America over its marketing of evian bottled water as "sustainable," "natural" and "healthy."
Putting AI and robotics into a MRF is one thing. Designing a MRF with AI and robotics makes for an entirely different experience, according to AMP founder and CEO Matanya Horowitz.
The Biden administration released a federal strategy aimed at reducing plastic pollution, drawing mixed responses from industry players.
With the help of a Google program, Swedish recycling app Bower is expanding its AI-visioning model worldwide, aiming for a world without waste.
For years, Discover Financial Services didn't donate its used laptops for reuse due to its data security policies. But a partnership with PCs for People has provided a workaround.
Cyclic Materials received an investment from Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund to accelerate the company's technology for recovering rare earth metals from hard drives.
A team led by U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory researchers is working to provide a baseline for plastic recycling studies with a new database of polymer data.
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