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 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Oakland workers went around the city Wednesday, inspecting trash cans. These workers wanted to make sure Oaklanders were properly throwing away their garbage. This means ...

At Stony Brook University, researchers are developing an AI-assisted system to analyze and characterize contaminated items in recycling facilities.

We’ve already reached the point where AI is everywhere. It’s in our phones, in our computers—heck, it’s even in our cereal. OK, maybe not, but would you be surprised? I wouldn’t, especially since this ...

rStream co-founders Ian Goodine, left, and Ethan Walko stand beside their trailer trash sorter Friday at the UMass Waste Recovery and Transfer Facility in Amherst. The mechanism within the trailer ...

To punish those who don't sort their garbage correctly, cameras are installed in garbage trucks and their images are analyzed by an AI. The proliferation of waste sorting bins in our towns and cities ...

Recycling is hard. Most Americans don’t know what should go into their recycling bins — and when they guess, they often guess wrong and gum up the works of recycling facilities in the process. This ...