Can we make robots that sort garbage?

Question

say you have diffrent kinds of garbage non recyciable and reciable you throw it in the garbage but the garbages really a robot that throw recyciable product in the correct bin is this a good idea

Answer 1

No, but we can legally immigrant them.

Answer 2

There is a lot more that can be done.

I think the way to go is integration - not separation.

We have a truck that comes once every 2 weeks. We have recycling bins that take glass, plastic bottles only, cans, and a paper bag. Men sort this box by hand into the truck into separate chutes.

It would be easier to have a larger bin, and collect the whole thing - the process of sorting being done on an industrial scale. This way waste streams could be sorted with minimum labour.

I think Government should legislate to introduce UV marker dyes into plastic type feedstock. The products would look the same - but could be sorted automatically by machine under UV light. Eg Pet could be blue, LDPE - green, PVC-red etc. As the dyes are very specific to the frequency of UV - they could just fluoresce under a specific band