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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.

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Austin, TX

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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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