Austin, TX is using robots to sort trash too dangerous for humans

Austin, TX is using robots to sort trash too dangerous

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Austin's Watershed Protection Department needed a way to become carbon neutral in its operations by 2020. They are currently using a trash sorting robot to sort through mixture of wood, trash, human and dog waste, and sediment as they are too dangerous for human sorting.

Waste Management Automation Solid Waste Management

Austin, TX

Municipality in Texas

United States

Newsworthy

Using Robots to Address Climate Change | Alliance for Innovation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4lll-sXWWM

Project Succeeded

The Watershed Protection Department received an innovation award for their work with the robots. Initial trials showed that an 80% reduction in trash would lead to significant carbon emission reductions.

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