Robots move in as waste firms struggle to find staff

Humanoid robots are being added to the automation of waste sorting.
Recycling Today

Stadler equips mixed waste sorting plant in Sweden

The global equipment provider says its sorting technology installed in Stockholm can process 50 tons of municipal solid waste per hour. Equipment at the SVOA Stockholm plant has been positioned on ...
The Next Web

The recycling industry loses 40 per cent of its workers every year. A humanoid robot trained by VR headsets is the replacement plan.

UK recycling firm deploys Chinese-built humanoid robot as waste sorting sector faces 40% annual staff turnover and 8x fatality rate ...
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LyondellBasell Forms Joint Venture to Build Plastic Waste Sorting and Recycling Facility and Plans to Build Advanced Recycling Plant

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands, Oct. 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell and 23 Oaks Investments, Leiferde/Lower Saxony, Germany, signed an agreement to create Source One Plastics, a joint venture that ...
The Greeley Tribune

Unknown business in talks for $85M plastic recycling plant, $12M waste sorting facility in east Greeley

The city of Greeley and an unknown company are in serious talks to construct an advanced plastic recycling plant on the city’s east side, as well as a municipal waste sorting and transfer facility, ...
The Greeley Tribune

Greeley official provides details on potential recycling, waste plant project

A Greeley official has offered more details about the unknown business in talks to build an $85 million plastics recycling plant on Greeley’s east side, as well as a $12 million municipal waste ...