AI to fight climate change…
“The fact is that we have to follow facts and computers only deal with facts. So they are an ally in our fight against climate change.”
Globally, only about 27% of municipal solid waste is recycled — the rest is either disposed in landfills, incinerated, or otherwise not recovered. global.circularity-gap.world+2eco-yurovskiy.co.uk+2
In the United States, the recycling (and composting) rate of municipal solid waste is about 32% as of recent data.
A study by Roland Berger notes that globally “only about 10% of plastic waste is recycled” as of its 2023 study, implying huge headwinds even in advanced economies.
