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Waste & Recycling December 15, 2017 11:30:58 AM

Green Recycling Introduces Modern Robotic Sorting Technology

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The Sonoma County Landfill, one of the sites accepting debris from the wildfires, recently launched a new system in an effort to get trucks in and out faster.

Green Recycling Introduces Modern Robotic Sorting Technology

SEATTLE (Waste360): For the past two months, the state of California has been battling raging wildfires, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) and others have worked to clean up debris, ash, solid waste and hazardous waste from properties affected by the wildfires.

The Sonoma County Landfill, one of the sites accepting debris from the wildfires, recently launched a new system in an effort to get trucks in and out faster. Rather than weighing trucks as they come in and out, the new system takes the known weight of the empty truck and subtracts it from the full load. This new system has decreased the dumping process from two to three hours to less than one hour.

The Max-AI AQC intelligent vision system is trained using a process called deep learning and can immediately identify these various recyclables, something that simply cannot be achieved using most widely available recycling technologies. Max-AI AQC is also capable of making various decisions including prioritizing the picking order based on size, value and location, and then directing the robotic sorter to pick and place the recovered end products into chutes.

The Max-AI AQC is capable of making approximately 65 picks per minute, a productivity rate that would require Green Recycling to source and employ staff in two manual sorting positions. When the new kit is in place, Green Recycling will be able to run this section of the recovery line with no human sorting at all. 

“We believe that this technology will revolutionize MRF operations and we’re excited to be the first to introduce it here in the U.K.,” Rob Smith, managing director at Green Recycling said in a statement. “Our aim is to deliver a flexible and efficient recycling process to our customers and we’re always on the lookout for the latest technology to further automate and improve our process.”

BHS appointed Steve Almond to the position of sales consultant for the U.K. and Ireland earlier this year.

“MRF operators consistently face challenges when humans have direct contact with the waste stream: staffing problems, high labor costs, health and safety risks, and management and performance-related loss,” Almond said in a statement. “ I’m looking forward to delivering this unit and helping a valued customer overcome these challenges and increase operational performance.”

Courtesy: https://waste360.com

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