Garbage or recycling? U of T students invent ‘RoboBin’ to make the decision for you

You’re standing in front of a public waste bin holding a takeaway cup, puzzled by the three options in front of you: garbage, recycling or organic.

Sometimes it’s a tough decision, but could it be easier with help from artificial intelligence (AI)?

Five University of Toronto masters students think so, and so to combat bin confusion — which they say leads to a quarter of Toronto’s recycling becoming contaminated — they invented RoboBin.

Full article at: CBC News