25 Jun 2020 --- Technology giant Microsoft and Australia’s national science agency CSIRO have formed a partnership to tackle global plastic pollution using Artificial Intelligence (AI) and smart sensor technologies. The new software will be deployed to accelerate understanding of where and how trash ends up in oceans and pioneer new methods to evaluate the full life cycle of plastics to generate targeted waste management strategies and intervention methods. A recent CSIRO survey analyzing 33.5 million pieces of trash spanning 86 countries found that seven out of the 10 items recorded were wholly or partially made of plastics, notably plastic bags, beverage bottles and food wrappers.
