Title: Why The United States Is Turning To Recycling Robots Source:
[None] URL Source:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mxaN_xqQh4 Published:Jul 20, 2019 Author:CNBC Post Date:2019-08-01 18:34:06 by BTP Holdings Keywords:None Views:41
For decades, the United States and other wealthy countries have been dependent on China to buy and process almost half of the world’s plastic waste. Now, stricter recycling standards in China mean its cheaper for some US cities to simply send recyclables to the dump rather than pay a higher fee to process them. That’s why a number of researchers and tech companies are working on robots to make US recycling more efficient.