You missed crucisl detail- humans were sorting for free, owner of robots is paid. Another crucial detail: producers of platic packaging engage is deliberate

You missed crucisl detail- humans were sorting for free, owner of robots is paid. Another crucial detail: producers of platic packaging engage is deliberate fraud to conflate recycleable and non recycleable plastic. Plastics that say 'commonly recycled' may be unrecycleable anywhere except a leading technology lab. Another detail: massive fraud in recycling industry: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/18/uk-recycling-industry-under-investigation-for-and-corruption https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/18/uk-recyc... Most european countries stil do separate recycling, and have much higher recycling rates than UK or US, which have mixed recycling.