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Public Utilities, Waste Management

Researchers to Develop Robotics for Recycling Centers

November 13, 2019

Via: Waste360

Berk Calli, a robotics scientist at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, is leading a team of eight researchers at three universities on a project to develop robotics technology that could help make recycling facilities safer, cleaner and more efficient. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Holiday Gift Wrap, Boxes Flood Recycling Centers

December 28, 2018

Via: Waste360

Recycling Centers across the country are being inundated with wrapping paper, cardboard, boxes, bottles and cans now that Christmas has come and gone. One recycling center in Springfield, Mo., had cars lined up before the center’s gates opened after Christmas. […]


Public Utilities, Waste Management

Recycling Centers Struggle to Manage Uptick in Cardboard Boxes

January 3, 2018

Via: Waste360

The holiday season may have come and gone, but consumers and businesses are continuing to send massive amounts of cardboard boxes to recycling centers. This material uptick is due to a record online holiday shopping season. In 2017, Amazon shipped […]