New technology is being tested at UMass Amherst to sort trash and recyclables. Knowing what to throw into the garbage and put ...

Sorting trash into the right categories is pretty much a daily bother. Who hasn’t stood there in front of the two, three, five or more bins (depending on your area and country), pondering which ...

Peanut butter jars, takeout containers and soft plastic wrap often end up in the recycling bin, contaminating viable plastic, ...

Last week, rStream piloted its automated trash-sorting AI at the UMass dining commons ... Walko and Goodine went searching for larger quantities of garbage. Without a way to bring trash to their ...