by Syed | Aug 31, 2021 | Blog
American Labor Shortage The labor shortage is trash. Like, literally, there is more trash lying around as American governments struggle to hire more sanitation workers. Government jobs are still well below their pre-pandemic state — about 780,000 are missing — and...
by Syed | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog
Since July 2020, 200 bins that collect waste from 13 waste disposal centres in the French city of Toulouse have been equipped with embedded artificial intelligence. SUEZ manages the collection. Under test since 2019, the ffly4u solution has been deployed with the...
by Syed | Aug 24, 2021 | Blog
Can you imagine a time before trash disposal services? Before this service was available to the public, things weren’t pretty. Picture streets full of garbage and backyards teeming with junk. You can only imagine the offensive smell that arose from streets piled with...
by Syed | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog
The Pacific garbage patch is a good example of the several swirling garbage zones in the oceans where all kinds of trash—including plastics, glass bottles, cigarette butts, and mattresses—end up. Although these trash patches don’t necessarily manifest as visible piles...
by Syed | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog
From business districts to residential areas, garbage and recycling trucks are a common sight. Also common – although not as widely known – are injuries to sanitation workers before, during and after trash collection. In the first 10 days of 2018 alone, seven...
