RDS to Sort Single-Stream Recycling at Facility Powered by AMP Technology
2024年5月6日 - 11:00PM
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Highly automated facility in Pitt County, North
Carolina, demonstrates opportunity in rural recycling
AMP Robotics Corp. (“AMP”), a leading provider of artificial
intelligence (AI)-powered sortation at scale for the waste and
recycling industry, has installed an advanced recycling system to
process approximately 10,000 tons of single-stream and commercial
recycling annually at the Pitt County Recycling Center. Located in
Greenville, North Carolina, the facility is owned and operated by
Recycling and Disposal Solutions of Virginia (RDS). RDS expects to
begin processing material in June.
RDS, with AMP as a partner, was awarded a processing contract
from Pitt County in July 2023 and purchased the facility. RDS
undertook a modernization effort to upgrade the facility to more
efficiently process recyclables at a lower cost, installing a
complete AMP ONE™ system powered by AMP’s AI-enabled sortation
technology. The partnership and technology solution ultimately
enabled the preservation of recyclables processing in Pitt
County.
AMP and RDS began working together in 2017. Two years later, RDS
purchased its first AI-powered sorting system from AMP to make its
Roanoke, Virginia, facility safer and more efficient. The companies
are collaborating on additional opportunities.
“When I first started working with AMP as an operator, I said AI
technology is one of the best investments you can make, and if I
were starting a new facility, I wouldn’t do it without AMP’s AI,”
said Joe Benedetto, president of RDS. “AMP was flexible in
delivering a solution that overcame the limitations of traditional
sortation economics. AI provides a notable efficiency boost when
incorporated into existing facilities, but it’s even more impactful
when it’s designed in from the outset—that’s why it’s so powerful
to commission a facility with AMP’s technology.”
AMP’s facility designs can scale to match capacity with supply,
including software-enabled configuration changes and modular
sorting lines. This flexibility enables regional diversion
strategies that can capture greater amounts of material and lower
per unit capital and operating costs.
“We’re proud to expand our relationship with RDS while helping
to preserve access to a community recycling program at risk of
being shuttered,” said Matanya Horowitz, AMP founder and CEO. “High
transportation and sorting costs often make recycling unviable in
small and rural markets. This project demonstrates how we can
profitably open recycling facilities in underserved
communities—which is rare in the waste industry.”
From this new facility, RDS can serve Pitt County’s 14 towns and
cities as well as surrounding municipalities.
About AMP™
AMP is applying AI-powered sortation at scale to modernize the
world's recycling infrastructure and maximize the value in waste.
AMP gives waste and recycling leaders the power to harness AI to
reduce labor costs, increase resource recovery, and deliver more
reliable operations. With hundreds of deployments across North
America, Asia, and Europe, AMP’s technology offers a
transformational solution to waste sortation and changes the
fundamental economics of recycling.
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