How much of our recycling actually gets recycled? Robots could help boost the percentage of recycled trash with near-perfect accuracy. Listen on Spotify ► https://open.spotify.com/show/1vmm4a8kiPYEizw1dUkqq2 Listen on Apple ► https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hard-reset-podcast/id1697504258 Listen on Pandora ► https://www.pandora.com/podcast/hard-reset-podcast/PC:1001075656 Listen on Google Podcasts ► http://bit.ly/hard-reset-podcast Watch the original episode on AMP Robotics here ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjv_wDOblfc An estimated 32% of the recycling we send off to sorting centers actually gets recycled. Why is this? The nature of sorting recycling by hand is time consuming, messy, and dangerous, and the human error involved in this process is enormous. Enter AMP Robotics, a Denver-based company training neural networks to speed through sorting plastic and paper with 99% accuracy by recognizing materials on a moving belt. This robotic tech could usher in a new era of sustainability, allowing us to better sort recycling in order to reuse the same items that were once fated for the landfill. 00:00 Welcome to the Hard Reset Podcast 00:54 What makes this tech a Hard Reset? 06:08 What could make this fully a Hard Reset, rather than just an incremental change? 06:40 How do people get involved in improving the process? 12:10 What is the innovation that allowed this tech to be developed? 15:28 Where is Amazon within the recycling process? 19:26 How does AMP Robotics sell this tech? 21:18 Can the AMP robot be fooled? 35:00 What was the audience response to this episode? 39:00 What were the meanest comments we got on this episode? Watch on Freethink.com ► https://www.freethink.com/series/hard-reset-podcast/robot-recycling/ ◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠ Read more of our stories on recycling: New lithium recycling method is cleaner and cheaper ►https://www.freethink.com/energy/lithium-recycling/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description Batteries made from recycled metal coming to US ►https://www.freethink.com/energy/lithium-ion-batteries/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description New process could make plastic recycling more profitable ►https://www.freethink.com/energy/plastic-recycling/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡ Watch our original series: ► Hard Reset:    • Hard Reset by Freethink   ► Future of Cities:    • Future of Cities   ► Just Might Work:    • Just Might Work by Freethink   ► Challengers:    • Challengers by Freethink   ◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠◠ About Freethink No politics, no gossip, no cynics. At Freethink, we believe the daily news should inspire people to build a better world. While most media is fueled by toxic politics and negativity, we focus on solutions: the smartest people, the biggest ideas, and the most ground breaking technology shaping our future. ◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡◡ Enjoy Freethink on your favorite platforms: ► Daily editorial features: https://www.freethink.com/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ► Solutions-based stories, straight to your inbox: https://www.freethink.com/subscribe/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=youtube_description ► Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freethinkmedia​/ ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freethink​/ ► Twitter: https://twitter.com/freethinkmedia​/ ► Join the Freethink forum: http://www.facebook.com/groups/freethinkforum/