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USASPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize1 Oct FranceVeolia Extends Camera-Based Waste Recognition To Business Collections In The Loiret27 Sep ScotlandTransport Scotland Trials LitterCam Detection On Edinburgh City Bypass And A1 Trunk Roads16 Sep NewsGerman Public-Private Seed Fund Co-Leads €4.3 Million Round In Waste-To-Energy AI Firm Jaipur Robotics7 Sep GreeceMunicipality Of Heraklion Nears Completion Of €4.9M Recovery Fund Smart City Works25 Aug
Seoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests Seoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests

Seoul's Eunpyeong District pilots Gajyeoga, a photo-based app for bulky waste pickup, across more than 220,000 yearly requests.

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WasteIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala8 Oct WasteCity Of Melbourne Awards Superfy Five-Year Contract For 500 Solar-Powered Smart Bins1 Oct
WasteKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub WasteDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000
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£3.6MPublic FundingKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub20 Oct $70MFundingSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize1 Oct €4.3MFundingGerman Public-Private Seed Fund Co-Leads €4.3 Million Round In Waste-To-Energy AI Firm Jaipur Robotics7 Sep $27MFundingGreyparrot Raises $27M Series B To Scale AI Waste Sorting Platform30 Jul
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Cagnes-sur-Mer Begins Smart Bin Trial On Seafront Following Nice Rollout13 Jul Préfecture De Vaucluse And SUEZ Pilot France’s First Nitrous Oxide Waste Unit8 Jul Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération Launches Çavaoù App to Cut Waste Sorting Errors7 Jul Bordeaux’s Commercial Waste Gets AI Treatment With Veolia’s Camera-Equipped Trucks31 Mar
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Kent County DPW Installs AI Sorting Line At Waste-To-Energy Plant11 Aug Rancho Cordova Deploys AI Cameras To Detect Code Violations Citywide2 Aug Suffolk Drops Curbside Recycling as AI Sorting Takes Over3 Jun Oakland Moves to Deploy AI Drones Across 1,440 Miles of Streets to Map Illegal Dumping20 Apr
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Why AI Alone Won’t Stop The £4.7m Laughing Gas Blast Problem At UK Waste Plants10 Jun Sheffield Deploys 35 Solar-Powered Smart Bins to Cut Collection Trips17 Mar Brent Council Deploys AI-Powered Cameras to Tackle Illegal Dumping Across the Borough25 Feb
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WasteSeoul’s Eunpyeong District Pilots Photo-Based Bulky Waste App Across 220,000 Annual Requests

Seoul's Eunpyeong District pilots Gajyeoga, a photo-based app for bulky waste pickup, across more than 220,000 yearly requests.

 WasteKingston University Leads £3.6M National Waste And Recycling Robotics Adoption Hub

Kingston University will lead NORAH, a £3.6M Innovate UK-funded hub to test robotics on contaminated waste, as fewer than 5% of UK waste sites…

 WasteDortmund Installs 92 Sensor-Equipped Big Belly Bins In 14 Parks And Zoo For €367,000

Dortmund has placed 92 solar-powered, fill-level-reporting Big Belly bins in 14 green spaces and its zoo in a €366,700 pilot funded 65% by the…

 WasteIraq’s National Investment Commission Announces Smart Waste Collection Scheme For Karbala

Iraq's Investment Commission announced an underground waste scheme for Karbala on 7 October 2026, with no cost, unit count or confirmed vendor.

 WasteCity Of Melbourne Awards Superfy Five-Year Contract For 500 Solar-Powered Smart Bins

City of Melbourne begins installing 500 solar-powered Superfy smart bins under a five-year deal, swapping fixed rounds for sensor-led pickups.

 WasteSPSA’s 20-Year AMP Waste Contract Secures $70 Million Project Debt From Galvanize

Galvanize leads $70M project debt for AMP's second Portsmouth sortation plant under SPSA's 20-year contract covering 1.2 million Virginians.

 WasteVeolia Extends Camera-Based Waste Recognition To Business Collections In The Loiret

Veolia extends Lixo camera-equipped collection trucks for commercial waste sorting to the Loiret, run from its Chaingy agency near Orléans.

 WasteTransport Scotland Trials LitterCam Detection On Edinburgh City Bypass And A1 Trunk Roads

Transport Scotland and BEAR Scotland trial LitterCam cameras on the A720 and A1 to measure littering ahead of keeper penalty rules.

 WasteGerman Public-Private Seed Fund Co-Leads €4.3 Million Round In Waste-To-Energy AI Firm Jaipur Robotics

Swiss startup Jaipur Robotics raises €4.3M from EquityPitcher and HTGF to scale AI bunker monitoring across waste-to-energy plants.

 IoT NetworksMunicipality Of Heraklion Nears Completion Of €4.9M Recovery Fund Smart City Works

Heraklion nears completion of its €4.9Msmart city works, covering seismic sensors, PAYT waste pricing, energy metering and a LoRaWAN network.

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