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The Effects of COVID-19 on the Circular Economy

The Effects of COVID-19 on the Circular Economy

These are troubling times, for businesses, families, individuals, and society. What about for the environment? While some look at the COVID-19 pandemic for all the bad it’s done, we’re choosing to look at it from a more positive planetary perspective.   For...

Two new TrashBot Models to Improve Waste Recovery

Two new TrashBot Models to Improve Waste Recovery

In honor of Earth Day, the new models enable facilities to further optimize their sorting and recycling programs. CleanRobotics Inc. announced today that it will begin offering two additional models of TrashBot, their automated waste sorting solution. TrashBot Zero is...

TrashBot Featured as Innovation of the Day by TrendWatching

TrashBot Featured as Innovation of the Day by TrendWatching

One month ago, US-based robotics company CleanRobotics was named a semifinalist in the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition for its flagship product TrashBot. TrashBot is a smart trash can that uses AI to sort and separate trash from recyclables. When items are entered...

CleanRobotics Featured in Maxim

CleanRobotics Featured in Maxim

No one likes dealing with trash. That's a given, right? Yet whatever passes for tech in waste management hasn't changed in decades. Looks like an outfit called CleanRobotics is ready to help us out, though, with their new TrashBot. TrashBot looks like a commercial...

TrashBot Featured as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company

TrashBot Featured as a World Changing Idea by Fast Company

At an office in San Francisco, if you drop a coffee cup in a robotic waste bin, the machine will automatically sort the cup for recycling. The office is one of the first to use the technology, called TrashBot, from a startup called CleanRobotics that is trying to...