Patrick Coffey

So Ryan, how is AI being used to sort recyclables?

So are we primarily talking about items that Americans have placed in our color-coded recycling bins or is this really applied to all of our trash?

One element of your reporting that fascinated me was about how many processing facilities now use puffs of air rather than like robots with claws to separate materials.

Can you explain how that works?

So we think of this very low value, obviously, but what are some of the most valuable treasures that these AI-driven bots are picking out of our trash?