Case Study
Challenge : Green Waste, based in Cartersville, Georgia was looking to automate their sorting station. Justin Rice, the owner, wanted to automate his plant because of labor shortage. Also, he didn’t want people to sort C&D, since it can be dangerous for them. The challenge was to find a solution adapted to his needs and also find robots that could lift heavy charge. This is why Justin reach out to Waste Robotics.
Challenge : The south of Paris waste management syndicate of SEMARDEL has been innovating for decades by developing ever progressive waste sorting centers . The challenge that SEMARDEL faced was that it needed human pickers to extract recyclables from the recyclables waste stream when it entered their facilities. The work was inhuman and difficult to fulfill since it exposed people to dull, dirty and dangerous work. The amount of material to process kept increasing and labour was hard to find.
Challenge : Groupe Gagnon has been innovating for over a decade with its polystyrene source collection program that allows for inexpensive and effective collection of source separated polystyrene commonly called Styrofoam. The challenge that Gagnon faced was that it needed human pickers to sort enormous volumes of different type of polystyrene. The sorting is bulky and demanding on human pickers. The amount of material to process kept increasing and labour was hard to find.
Challenge : The Northern France municipality of Dunkerque has been innovating for over a decade with its bagged recyclables co-collection program that enables the inexpensive and effective collection of source-separated recyclables. Dunkerque’s challenge was the need to use people to extract bags from the municipal solid waste (MSW) stream when it entered their incinerator. The working conditions for bag extraction was brutal and difficult to fulfill since it exposed people to dull, dirty and dangerous work, and the task is banned by French regulations.
Challenge : Randy’s sanitation, now Republic, has been innovating for over a decade with its organic bags co-collection program that allows for inexpensive and effective collection of source separated organic waste. The challenge that Randy’s faced was that it needed human pickers to extract the bags from the MSW stream when it entered their transfer station in Delano, MN. The bag extraction was inhuman and difficult to fulfill since it exposed people to dull, dirty and dangerous work.
Challenge : The Northern France municipality of Dunkerque has been innovating for over a decade with its bagged recyclables co-collection program that allows for inexpensive and effective collection of source separated recyclables. The challenge that Dunkerque faced was that it needed human pickers to extract the bags from the MSW stream when it entered their incinerator. The bag extraction was inhuman and difficult to fulfill since it exposed people to dull, dirty and dangerous work and it was banned by France regulations.
