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 new optical sorting technology allows for precise and efficient sorting of postconsumer plastics. Cimbria’s new optical sorters provide advanced sorting of plastics with precise material ...

Michigan State University added a robotic sorter to its recycling center as part of efforts to meet ambitious goals for diverting waste from landfills. The new robotic sorter was purchased with a ...

WATCH: Correspondent Macie Parker breaks down how UMass grads are teaching artificial intelligence to sort recycling from waste. AMHERST — As students rush into the UMass Campus Center food court to ...

Maintaining optical sorters can help a recycling system reach its optimum efficiency, a field supervisor says. Checking valves can be a critical maintenance step, since a broken or clogged valve leads ...

CHESAPEAKE: So there I was working the line at Tidewater Fiber of Chesapeake. There are 33 sorters in this big complex that spend eight hour days grabbing stuff off the speeding line that doesn't ...

As the anniversary of the Birmingham bin strike looms, residents' recycling is still yet to be collected, with mountains of ...