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Revolutionizing the Composting Industry

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✍️ Author: Haley Rischar

🔖 Topics: recycling, robotics

🏢 Organizations: Atlas Organics, AMP Robotics, Rotochopper


“To our knowledge, this facility is the first time that AI (artificial intelligence) and robotics have been used in a pre-sort facility for organics in North America,” says McMillin. “The goal of the presort facility is to remove contaminants from the organic waste stream prior to processing instead of trying to remove those contaminants after they’ve been through the composting process via vacuums and wind sifters that have historically been attached to the screening process.

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