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AI-Driven Waste Sorting Robots Could Accelerate Circular Economy Transition
Empowering robots with Artificial Intelligence, supported by computer vision and deep learning, will boost accuracy in identifying various waste streams, thereby increasing both the quantity and quality of recovered secondary…
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Enhanced Material Recovery for Europe’s Circular Economy Goals
To enhance circularity in Europe, the European Environmental Agency’s 2024 report titled “Accelerating the Circular Economy in Europe” calls for a systemic shift in waste management to improve recyclate quality.…
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Citizen Science: How Big Plastic Count, RECLAIM’s Recycling Data Game use this approach to tackle plastic waste
Mobilizing citizen science can play a pivotal role, generating data, raising awareness, engaging communities and driving policy action. Urgent actions by multiple stakeholders are needed across the plastic value chain…
Planned publications / in preparation
- Sorting of Packaging Waste: a Framework to Link Gripper Technologies and Waste Classes. Conference Paper KU Leuven.