29 Sep 2023 --- The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) is funding the development of a robot at a California material recovery facility (MRF) owned by Caglia Environmental that sorts single-stream recyclables. Designed by AI and robotics company EverestLabs, the robot is expected to capture 1 million used beverage cans (UBCs) annually. CMI used funding from its members Ardagh Metal Packaging and Crown Holdings to finance the two-year equipment lease for Caglia, sharing with CMI 50% of all revenue from the UBCs captured with the leased equipment. The lease program is the latest in CMI’s effort to demonstrate the potential additional revenue for the recycling system through capturing missorted UBCs.
