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Others have pointed out that doing this in an office setting is probably low-value, since the volumes are low and you can do a lot of this at the recycling faci
by epaulson 3y ago
Others have pointed out that doing this in an office setting is probably low-value, since the volumes are low and you can do a lot of this at the recycling facility already once it gets trucked away (though cleaner inputs are always welcome!)
Where I think we really need something like this is for outdoor uses and picking up litter. Mobility is more of a challenge but getting something to wander up and down the edges of highways picking up trash would be great.
- choppaface 3y agoIt’s high value to do the sorting in the office because the people in the office get entertained and feel prestige having such clever robots working for them. This is a recruiting project.
- orangepurple 3y agoIf there is even a slight financial incentive to recycle stuff people will go hunting for recyclables - no need for robots.
- singularity2001 3y agoIn germany people are hunting for empty bottles (and recently: cans) since you get between 25 and 50 cents for returning them to shops.
- aziaziazi 3y agoWould you know who those shops sell the bottles to?
- toast0 3y agoThat's a lot of money... How do they avoid people trucking in bottles from elsewhere?
- singularity2001 3y agoI assume the price is calculated to be roughly on parity with the production costs of bottles. For cans which are clearly cheaper to produce maybe faking the logo and qr code isn't worth it if you can only dump a few dozen per shop and risk being detected. Good question though, needs external research. additionally small damages caused by fraud may be far outweighed by the benefits. The question would be what ultimately pay for the fraud, the shop or some other entity.
- singularity2001 3y agoGPTs take: Barcode scanning: When consumers return bottles to a collection point, the barcode on the bottle is scanned to ensure that it matches the barcodes registered in the system. If a bottle is not registered, it will not be accepted for the deposit refund. Random checks: To prevent fraud and ensure compliance with the system, random checks are carried out at collection points to verify that the bottles being returned are genuine and have been purchased within Germany.
- dalbasal 3y agoIt would, though I wonder where and how human behaviour would change in response. If you see an orange vested church group