Curious how artificial intelligence is tackling tough recycling problems? Hear from Carling Spelhaug of AMP about their cutting-edge AI-powered solutions that are making waste sorting more efficient and reliable. Discover how they're helping to extract more value from materials, reduce landfill waste by even sorting garbage, and contributing to a more sustainable future.
The main topics discussed were
- The founding and mission of AMP as a company developing AI-powered solutions for the waste and recycling industry, aiming to solve core challenges like the cost of sorting and labor.
- The challenges inherent in traditional recycling, such as high labor costs, lack of consistency, and dangerous working conditions, and how AMP's AI and automation provide solutions by replacing humans in sorting roles.
- The development and deployment of AMP's technology, starting with retrofit sorting devices and expanding to full facility scale solutions designed with AI from the ground up, with over 400 devices deployed globally.
- AMP's diverse customer base, ranging from large publicly traded waste companies to regional operators and municipalities.
- The future direction of AMP, including a focus on municipal solid waste beyond traditional recycling, the potential for sorting bagged garbage, and initiatives in organics processing like a pilot facility for producing biochar.
