PITTSBURGH — At a mall in Sydney, Australia, “the world’s first smart trash can” is fastidiously photographing, weighing, and sorting garbage. The industrious TrashBot is a long way from home.

Sorting trash into the right categories is pretty much a daily bother. Who hasn’t stood there in front of the two, three, five or more bins (depending on your area and country), pondering whi… ...

A private company managing the operation and maintenance of the compost plant of Mangalore City Corporation has completed the installation of a new garbage (solid waste) pre-sorting machine. Its ...

Young innovators Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko have developed A.I. that aims to make waste management more efficient for humans with an eventual sorting machine.

How the ‘magic garbage machine’ works For a first-hand look at how the Montgomery plant operates, we turn to Mary Poppins herself, Emily Blunt. Or at least, a magazine with her face on the cover.

Ian Goodine and Ethan Walko, co-founders of the Somerville-based startup "r-STREAM," with their AuditPRO machine that uses AI to sort trash. We’ve been hearing a lot about the dangers of artificial ...