The cameras are trained to identify items like certain plastic bags that can’t be recycled but over time will learn to identify new contaminants, according to a news release from the city. — Pixabay
Tacoma officials will use an artificial intelligence-powered camera in a new pilot program that will identify contaminated items in the city’s curbside recycling program to educate residents about what can and can’t be recycled.
The two-year program is funded with a US$1.8mil (RM7.62mil) grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program, part of the city’s effort to reduce contamination in Tacoma’s residential recycling. The cameras are trained to identify items like certain plastic bags that can’t be recycled but over time will learn to identify new contaminants, according to a news release from the city.
