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Is Experiential Learning the Key to Better Recycling Behaviors?
“I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand.” — Confucius, 450 BC In recent years, experiential learning has emerged as a methodology to pass on knowledge and encourage skill adoption. It’s a hands-on approach to education that empowers...
How LEED Promotes Smart Waste Management to Build Greener Communities
A city is often known for its buildings, but construction and maintenance of those buildings consume resources at a frightening rate. To address climate change and meet ESG goals, LEED offers a healthy, efficient, green framework for buildings and communities. LEED...
CleanRobotics to Bring Accessible Recycling to Denver’s Shine Music Festival
CleanRobotics and Shine Music are excited to announce their partnership to make recycling more inclusive and accessible at the Shine Music Festival this August 27th, 2022, at Denver's Civic Center Park. Shine Music Festival, combines the staples of a typical...
CleanRobotics Launches Major Rebrand to Support Strategic Vision and Growth Plans
The technology startup unveils new visual identity and the next generation of TrashBot Zero CleanRobotics has undergone a complete brand refresh. Driven by the launch of the next generation of their flagship product, TrashBot Zero, they are entering a new chapter...
Earth Day 2022 – Why Zero Waste is Not Just Important but Critical
Every year, on April 22, billions of people celebrate Earth Day all over the world. Only about half a century ago, the world was largely unaware of how environmental issues such as pollution and deforestation are affecting the planet. The very first Earth Day...
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
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
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
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
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...