AI and the War Against Plastic Waste

Plastic pollution is easy to visualize given that many rivers are choked with such waste and the oceans are littered with it. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive collection of plastic and other debris, is an infamous result of plastics proliferation. Even if you don’t live near a body of water to see the problem firsthand, you’re unlikely to walk far without seeing some piece of plastic crushed underfoot. But untangling this problem is anything but easy.  Enter artificial intelligence, wh...

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