The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Through the efforts of the Hanley Sustainability Institute, the University of Dayton has been improving its waste management each year. In 2024, HSI Summer Fellow Lia Schmidt piloted a new recycling ...

Robots are taking over the dirty work of sorting through our trash and turning it into valuable resources. And not just any robots, but smart robots that use artificial intelligence (AI) to identify ...

Despite the well-known environmental benefits of recycling, it’s estimated that less than 10% of the world’s plastic gets recycled. Ganiga Innovation looks to bring that percentage up using AI-enabled ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Hampton Roads could soon see a major shift in how trash is handled, thanks to a new facility in Portsmouth that’s integrating artificial intelligence and robotics into the region’s ...

A new technical proposal for EU harmonised waste sorting labels has been published by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) to support implementation of the Packaging and Packaging ...