The Promise of Human-Centric AI for Waste Management
Published Online: March 2, 2025
Written by: Jed Dawson
"AI has the potential to address skilled labor shortages, help companies and communities to achieve their sustainability goals, while optimizing waste collection to be more efficient and eco-friendlier.
The widespread adoption of artificial intelligence has impacted industries as diverse as healthcare, supply chain management, energy, and agriculture. Despite the hype cycle, including fears of job losses and hopes for revolutionary advances in productivity, AI has not yet been widely adopted in waste management. While chatbots for customer service are already in use and applications like data analysis and route optimization are on the horizon, waste management is lagging behind other industries in the widespread adoption of AI. As is true for the use of AI in many industries, the greatest potential lies in how we can harness its power to improve the lives of the living, breathing humans who are actually doing the work. ..."
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