How one recycling plant is using AI to help make sorting process easier, faster
One recycling plant in Berlin, Connecticut is using AI to help making sorting through the garbage easier and faster.
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One recycling plant in Berlin, Connecticut is using AI to help making sorting through the garbage easier and faster.
The Recycled Orchestra of Cateura uses trash to create their instruments and then they travel the world to perform.
Retired teacher Martha Friend has turned her home into an art installation, using recycled items including many that were donated by neighbors. WBZ-TV's Levan Reid reports.
Schools in Needham have cut down on their food waste by replacing their old cafeteria lunch trays with reusable metal ones.
The stainless steel trays are reusable and get picked up and washed by Re-Dish, a company dedicated to replace single-using products in big eating environments like schools. WBZ-TV's Paula Ebben reports.
WBZ glued Apple AirTags inside a number of Starbucks cups to track where they ended up.
Cyclyx in New Hampshire hopes to increase the amount of plastics that can be recycled through its new program in Houston, Texas.
WBZ's Jacob Wycoff reports.
Starbucks unveiled the new cups ahead of Earth Day and as a new report warns plastic production emissions are even greater than those from aviation.
Starbucks will now allow its baristas to serve beverages in cups provided by customers at drive-thrus in the U.S. and Canada.
If you're wondering if you can recycle all of that used wrapping paper... most of it should go in the trash.
WBZ TV's Tammy Mutasa reports.
The EPA says people think the recycling arrows means any plastic can be easily recycled – and that’s not true.
It's universally recognized as a sign to recycle. But the EPA is now saying it's also universally confusing, since many plastics can't easily be recycled.
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Helpsy has large blue bins all over Massachusetts to collect unwanted clothes to give them a "second life."
WBZ TV's Courtney Cole reports.
About one-third of Americans recycle, but despite our best intentions, we recycle things that hurt the cause. WBZ-TV's David Wade reports.
