(CNN Business) Jason Gates spends a lot of his time thinking about trash, and how we can generate less of it. Since 2013 his San Francisco-based startup, Compology, has used cameras and artificial intelligence to monitor what's thrown into dumpsters and trash containers at businesses such as McDonald's restaurants and Nordstrom department stores. To help them do it correctly, Compology puts trash-monitoring cameras and sensors inside industrial waste containers. Compology places cameras and sensors in businesses' dumpsters to monitor what's thrown inside. Gates said the company's cameras can cut the amount of non-recyclable materials thrown in waste containers by as much as 80%.

Source: CNN December 18, 2020 14:15 UTC