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Unicollecte

Intelligent robotics system able to sort different waste streams into colored bags

November 2020
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01.

Identification

With Waste Robotics system, citizen now put organics in a green bag and can dump it into their existing garbage bin. At the sorting point, the organic bag is sorted and stored by an intelligent robot system.

Waste Robotics offers systems, which did not exist 4 or 5 years ago, and makes it possible to compete with an increase of performance and economies over Capex and Opex. Technological advances in recent years have made it possible to put artificial intelligence and robotics at the service of the environment at more affordable costs. The Waste Robotics system uses cutting-edge alternative technology that has more capacity than human sorters. Waste Robotic offers an avant-garde process which makes possible the selective collection of different types of residual materials (and namely organics) by the use of separate bags of different colours, using Waste Robotic's optical sorting. This allows a single picking of residual garbage and organics and promotes maximum citizen participation while ensuring optimum quality in sorting materials. Thanks to its simplicity, Unicollecte is convenient and cheaper than traditional "brown" or "green" collection bin, while reducing trucking and GHG emission.

Label Date November 25, 2020
From Canada
Maturity stage Small scale commercialization
Looking For Network, New clients, Visibility, Funding, Partners, Credibility

Sectors - Value chain - Application

Sectors
Applications
Design, Power & Produce
Package & Distribute
Valorize & Restore
Value Chain Steps
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02.

The environmental benefits

  • A single line system can handle 25 tonnes / hour of garbage and recover 10 tonnes / hour of source-separated-organics
  • The system is autonomous, easily adaptable and can recover bio-waste with a purity of more than 98%, 24h/24 and 7d/7
  • Waste Robotics' WR-1 system reduces GHG emissions by 44 kg eCO2 / year per person
  • WR-1 enables better selective collection and allows the recovery of an additionnal 48 kg of organics per year per person
03.

The Financial benefits

  • OPEX - The use of bag collection remarkably reduces the costs of recovering organic matter, by € 30 per year per household
  • CAPEX - The system avoid to pay for additional garbage bins (±50€ per household) and the acquisition cost of a WR-1 system is 50% less that of a competition
04.

Activity Region

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Europe

France,

North america

Canada,

  • Headquarters
  • Activity
05.

Implementation Stories

Unicollecte by Waste Robotics
Implemented by City of Dunkerque in Dunkerque (France) in 2020

The City of Dunkerque called upon Waste Robotics to install a robotic sorting line (2 robots) to extract bagged recyclables in December 2020. The line can process up to 15 tons per hour and extract 2,800 bags per hour of up to 20 lbs each. This implementation provides a cost savings of over $250,000 per year for the city.

Result

Installation can save up to 25,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year

06.

Company Profile

Waste Robotics

We are a growing team of passionate, experimented and committed waste and robotics experts tackling the problem of automated waste recycling.

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Headquarters Trois-Rivières, QC G9A 5E1, Canada
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Networking Partner

International Cleantech Network

The International Cleantech Network (ICN) is a global network of 13 cleantech clusters on the international forefront of providing innovative and sustainable solutions to meet the growing demand for green technologies.

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Solutions Associated 82
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