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The Greyparrot analyzer installed at a material recovery facility

The most powerful AI waste analytics for unprecedented access to plants performance data

Process control in ever-changing conditions is more than necessary for MRFs to guarantee consistent output quality and survive the quest for the resources of tomorrow. Therefore, data play a critical role in facilitating the process and eventually creating the MRF of the future.

Bollegraaf Group has entered into a strategic partnership with Greyparrot, a pioneer in AI waste analytics, to significantly boost recycling rates and quantify material emissions. The collaboration will bring forth revolutionary smart recycling plants that are fully automated and agile, unlocking new value in waste streams.

Greyparrot Analyzer, easily integrated into recycling installations designed by the Bollegraaf Group, is an AI waste analytics system that tracks and reports on objects passing through recovery facilities. Using Greyparrot’s live insights, recycling operators can act fast to optimize their process and increase their recovery.

AI in the MRF of the future: how the next level of sorting works

Greyparrot’s waste intelligence platform uses easily mounted cameras to track materials passing on conveyor belts and identify items from over 89 waste categories. Waste objects are identified by material, function, food grade financial value, potential emissions and brand — right down to individual stock-keeping units. The camera units gather live images of waste items which are processed instantly by AI software trained on billions of data points. The data are reported immediately on a live dashboard, providing an inside look at plant sorting performance.

Advantages of the integration of the Greyparrot Analyzer include:

Easy integration

The Analyzer can be easily integrated in your existing Bollegraaf waste sorting installation

Live dashboard

Optimize daily operations and existing infrastructure to recover more material and take action when it counts with live customizable alerts

Data accuracy

Identify material types with 98% count accuracy – even at speeds of up to 3m/s, and analyze waste stream composition by mass, with an average accuracy of 95%

Automatic sampling

Automate sampling and compliance reporting to meet policy requirements. With Analyzer data, a European MRF discovered they were delivering 95% product purity instead of the contractually-agreed 99%. Restoring purity prevented a loss of €22k per batch, and protected valuable customer contracts.

Product quality

Guarantee product quality with detailed purity data Purity drop diagnosed in under 12 minutes to save €56k* (*based on a case at a European MRF where an alert flagged contamination within 12 min instead of 38h later during manual spot sampling.)

Various applications

Inbound stream to audit your incoming material, residue line to see how many valuables you are losing, final QC lines and retrofit planning. For one UK PRF, Greyparrot Analyzer recorded €1.9m worth of valuable material being lost to landfill each year. This drove targeted investment to recapture that value.

Copy of Greyparrot AI analytics on PET line-food vs. non food
Professor Edward Kosior, CEO Nextek and NEXTLOOPP

I have always believed that Greyparrot’s innovative technology would one day become the standard for MRF sorting. This partnership with Bollegraaf is poised to make this now happen – at an accelerated pace. This is exciting news for our industry as a whole, given that this data will also inform organisations on how to tailor their packaging to optimise recycling efficiency.

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