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Turning Trash Into Treasure: How AI Is Revolutionizing Waste Sorting
The US has lost land about the size of Maryland to landfills. Discover how AI-driven sortation is recovering millions of recyclables and helping save the planet.
Emissions from landfills pose significant health risks to nearby communities, increasing the likelihood of congenital malformations in children by 12% and decreasing property values. “Our AI provides accurate data on the shape, size, weight, material, packaging type, commodity value, and even brand information of every recyclable flowing through the plant,” JD Ambati, founder and CEO of EverestLabs, told me. “It’s capable of making thousands of picks per minute on conveyer belts that move at speeds of 600 feet-per-minute,” Chase Brumfield - site reliability engineering manager of AMP, told me.
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