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TrashBots allow facilities such as airports and stadiums to drastically improve their recycling efficiency, often resulting in avoided fines and lower waste management costs.
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People generally have an imperfect understanding of what is recyclable and what is not, especially when bin options change from site to site, and rules differ across municipalities. A typical American has a mere 30% accuracy rate when it comes to choosing the correct bin for waste disposal, and the burden of our poor recycling habits is then placed on the facilities (e.g., stadiums and airports) that manage the waste. These facilities incur large fines for improper sorting and must pay hundreds more, out of pocket, per ton of landfill waste than per ton of recycling. Thus, companies are required to spend massive amounts of money to manually sort the waste, in order to save money, keep certifications, avoid fines, and demonstrate sustainability efforts. Current waste management systems are expensive, dangerous, and relatively ineffective, and there is ample room for improvement. Our award-winning product, TrashBot™, is a smart waste bin that combines robotics, computer vision, and machine learning technology to separate, with extremely high accuracy, recyclable materials from landfill waste. TrashBot will be deployed everywhere, from corporate workplaces to stadiums and airports, and will allow for fullness indication, instantaneous waste audits, and integrated communications through a built-in screen. TrashBot will help to streamline operations and save facilities more money on their bottom line.