If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

Robots contribute to efficiency and productivity in businesses around the globe daily. So when Matanya Horowitz, founder of AMP Robotics, discovered how inefficient the recycling business had become, ...

Recycling is all about reducing the number of items thrown into a waste can, but it’s not every day that a waste can actually tells you what’s best to recycle. Students at Franklin Elementary School ...

The 2B0 (To Be Zero) patented recycling robot uses artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically recognize, sort and process recyclable materials. Consumers can watch their recyclables being ground up ...

PITTSBURGH — With prices of everything going up, recycling helps keep prices down. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute are doing what they can by developing a robot that, in ...

Here's a fact that may strike you as bonkers: The complex where I live in a beach city adjacent to Los Angeles doesn't offer tenants a waste recycling option. For we steadfast few who insist on ...

SEATTLE — The Recology King County Material Recovery Facility in south Seattle is embracing artificial intelligence-equipped robots to enhance its recycling process. Each weekday, the facility ...

Three robots are at the St. Bernard recycling center and two more are to come. Rumpke is following a national trend by adding robots to its Cincinnati recycling center. The company says the addition ...

A University of Chicago study suggests robots could offer a new kind of support to help kids eliminate anxiety about reading out loud.