China: AI technology empowers garbage sorting in China.

Storyline AI technology empowers garbage sorting in China Cities across China are using AI to enhance garbage sorting for recycling purposes. In south China's Guangzhou City, a waste compression station is using an AI-powered sorting machine equipped with hyperspectral imaging technology to classify items into different categories. Since its pilot implementation, the system has separated more than 10,000 tons of recyclables saving about 255,000 U.S. dollars in garbage processing fees, official said. He Tingxuan, head, AI sorting technology, Xinke Waste Compression Station: "The machine can accurately separate materials that were previously indistinguishable to the human eye, such as PP, PVC, and HDPE. It can also separate waste plastic films according to their different materials." In east China's Xiamen City, meanwhile, another garbage sorting center is using AI technology to recycle low-value items like fast food boxes, express delivery packaging bags, and milk cartons. The center can process up to 50 tons of such materials daily. Nian Minmo, general manager, Xiamen Haicang Investment Group Municipal Company: "We use visual recognition and infrared scanning technologies to automatically identify and decompose low-value recyclables, including waste plastics and wastepaper. We can produce 16 different types of recyclable products, with a sorting accuracy rate of over 95 percent." The country's Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development said recently that China aims to raise its urban household waste recycling utilization rate to above 76 percent by the end of 2030. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]