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This is super neat. I always wondered why do the people have to 'sort trash' when computers or systems where this trash ultimately goes can do it better than ev
by nikivi 5y ago
This is super neat. I always wondered why do the people have to 'sort trash' when computers or systems where this trash ultimately goes can do it better than even humans can. I assume at least.
I am aware that not all plastic is recyclable but still. I think the system of getting everyone to do a job that can/should ultimately be automated is so strange. Unless it's impossible to do?
- Goonbaggins 5y agoRecycling facilities everywhere use tech like this (near infrared) at an industrial scale [0], and sorting robots that use AI is a rapidly growing industry [1] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OZ7Mlmkvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0OZ7Mlmkvk [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlLy-gT0n_k https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlLy-gT0n_k
- SavantIdiot 5y agoI remember a few decades ago reading a documentary about PC cases shipped to facilities in southeast Asia where little kids would melt it with a lighter and smell the fumes to determine what type of plastic it was. Of course finding an article from the circa 2000 internet today is nigh impossible, but hopefully things have changed by now.