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Waste analyzer

AI waste analytics platform powered by PolyPerception   

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    AI-powered waste analytics

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    Compliance reporting

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    Maximizes purity and recovery rates

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    Enables superior quality control

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    Real-time data to improve performance

Increase sorting performance with end-to-end material tracking. 

Harness the power of artificial intelligence and deep learning with our holistic waste analysis for material recovery facilities and recyclers. The waste analyzer powered by PolyPerception enables end-to-end object tracking and classification on any sorting line. 

The analyzer’s color cameras capture real-time images of material flows at strategic positions along the sorting line. This allows operators to analyze key performance metrics like throughput, waste composition, and yield loss on one platform. 

Maximize throughput, recovery and purity rates by leveraging data-driven waste intelligence from TOMRA machines and the PolyPerception platform. The semi-supervised, continuous collection of waste stream data is key to enabling and increasing material circularity from packaging waste streams worldwide.

Features
  • Food vs non-food analysis
  • AI-powered object classification
  • Customizable alerts and reports
  • Integration with TOMRA Insight (optional) 

Most tools stop at data. Our AI agent turns data into action.

The new PolyPerception Platform, powering the Waste Analyzer, introduces an AI agent that understands how your recycling operation works – so operators can move from data to action in seconds. It is designed for recycling processes, understanding machines, material streams, and operational goals to deliver relevant, operation-specific responses.  

Operators can interact with plant data in natural language and receive clear, actionable answers in real time. Instead of navigating multiple views or interpreting data themselves, they can ask questions via chat and explore performance directly within the workflow. The AI agent continuously analyzes current and historical data, helping operators respond faster and make more confident decisions on the plant floor. 

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What makes the Waste Analyzer different in recycling operations? 

  • AI agent-based platform for waste analysis and recycling operations

    The Waste Analyzer, powered by PolyPerception, combines advanced waste stream analysis with an AI agent designed specifically for plastic recycling and waste sorting operations. Operators can interact with plant data through a chat interface, asking questions in natural language and receiving clear, actionable answers in real time, turning data into action in seconds.
    - Ask questions and receive direct answers through the chat interface
    - Understand performance across machines and material streams
    - Combine plant data, material understanding, and real-time interaction in one system 

  • Visual and text-based object search for waste streams

    Operators can identify objects in waste streams using visual and text-based search. Materials are detected based on visual characteristics rather than predefined categories, enabling more flexible and targeted waste stream analysis.
    - Detect contaminants and non-recyclable materials
    - Identify specific objects such as batteries or unopened bags
    - Track changes in material composition over time

  • Food-grade plastic analysis for recycling and food-contact compliance

    The system enables reliable differentiation between food-grade and non-food plastic packaging in complex waste streams. This supports compliance with recycled food-contact material requirements, even when materials have similar polymer types and visual characteristics.
    - Separate food-grade from non-food plastic packaging
    - Support compliance with recycling and food-contact requirements
    - Enable higher-value material streams in plastic recycling

  • End-to-end visibility of material flows across waste sorting operations

    The Waste Analyzer provides end-to-end visibility of material flows across the entire sorting process, capturing data before and after key sorting steps. This enables a clear understanding of how materials move through the plant and where losses or inefficiencies occur.
    - Monitor material flows across the entire sorting process
    - Capture data before and after key sorting steps
    - Identify material losses and inefficiencies  

  • AI-driven waste analysis for real-time decision-making in recycling operations


    The Waste Analyzer continuously analyzes current and historical plant data to detect changes in performance and material flows. This enables operators to understand plant behavior and make informed decisions in real time.
    - Analyze current and historical plant data
    - Identify changes in material flows and performance
    - Support faster, more informed operational decisions

  • Generate reports and alerts directly from waste analysis data
 

    The Waste Analyzer enables automatic generation of reports and alerts based on real-time and historical plant data. Operators can create performance summaries, quality reports, and system alerts without manual data preparation or external tools.
    - Generate quality reports and performance summaries
    - Create alerts based on plant conditions and changes
    - Reduce manual data preparation and external tools

Applications

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Packaging

We enable circularity with advanced sorting technologies that effectively recover post-consumer packaging waste for recycling.
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Municipal Solid Waste

By sorting recyclable and high-calorific materials from mixed waste streams, we transform waste into value while reducing landfill and incineration emissions.
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