An autonomous robot has been picking up buckets of food waste at Eastern Market as part of an international competition — all without a truck, idling engine or driver. Why it matters: The robot is ...

Republic Services, the nation's second-largest waste management company, now have AI-powered robots in one-third of their ...

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 ...

Harvesting the valuable materials locked away in this waste stream could generate some $95 billion in reusable resources.

A few years ago, Rebecca Hu-Thrams and her business partner, Areeb Malik, rented an attic from an ad on Craigslist to test out their robots using artificial technology. Fast forward and their company, ...

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 ...

A Pennsylvania waste management company will start using AI-powered robots to sort through trash at one of the largest recycling plants in the Northeast. Why it matters: Penn Waste says the robots can ...

Robots may be the solution to New York City’s trash problem. In fact, Cornell Tech Ph.D. candidate Frank Bu and his team engineered trash barrel robots — human controlled trash cans that pick up ...

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 ...

The humble garbage run is getting a high-tech overhaul. From robot trash haulers that arrive on demand to electric trucks designed to silence the morning clatter of diesel engines, waste collection is ...

An automated recycling centre has helped push a council close to its household recycling target 10 years ahead of schedule. The government has asked local authorities to recycle 65% of municipal waste ...