What if our waste became our most valuable resource? Global waste is projected to reach 3.8 billion tons annually by 2050—a 73% increase from 2020. X’s Moonshot for Circularity has been developing radical new approaches to help with this ballooning waste management problem. Their mission is to transform the way we recycle, reuse, and redesign the world’s goods so that we will no longer need to extract raw resources from the earth to create new products. Learn more this National Recycling Day: https://lnkd.in/gpEMPHxd #NationalRecyclingDay
🌍 Exciting progress in the fight against waste! X's moonshot for circularity is using AI and machine learning to revolutionize recycling. By identifying materials at the molecular level, they aim to turn the world's waste into our most valuable resource. 🙌 #GoodNews #Innovation #Sustainability #Recycling #GoodNewsOnly
Now, imagine those plastics were 100% benign and bioderived instead of toxic legacy fossil-fuel plastics. Using cutting edge tech to keep poisons in supply chain is reckless. There are thousands of 21st century non-toxic alternatives - this is like saying let's create PFAs from old PFAs. Still carcinogenic.... Forget plastics and concentrate on metals and other materials.
Thank you X, the moonshot factory and Thank you Terravive for making an impact on the world. Terravive is already using up cycled materials to create its compostable food service disposables. No PFAS added and no excessive GHG pollution that is created by other processes. Thank you both!
Its an intriguing approach. I am very interested in its accuracy in predicting molecular composition.
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Yes! Like my buddy Stephen Johnson with Illinois Clean Fuels - they turn plastic waste into aviation fuel!
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3mothe more garbage we have the more public parks we get :) the next time you go golfing -you should ask if it was once a landfill. no, recycling challenges do not stem from a data issue; it stems from a capitalist issue. why are companies still requiring people to pay extra ca crv when china is no longer buying the recycling. a state/a gov is no longer interested in recycling if no one is buying it. the usa will only be interested once again in recycling if someone is buying it until then, people should be focused on compostable products and not polymer.