Reclamation Factory

Reclamation Factory develops distributed automation for identifying and processing waste plastic near collection sites. The Pittsburgh company joined the Robotics Factory accelerator and completed a PGH Lab pilot with the City of Pittsburgh on plastic identification and tracing.

Facts

Segment: Industrial Robotics
Country: United States
Website: https://www.thereclamationfactory.com

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Timeline

2025-12-30 - Capability - Reclamation Factory introduces Acoustic AI for plastic classification - The system classifies material from captured acoustic signatures. It targets shredded, crushed, pigmented and remelted plastics that can challenge optical methods. The company opened the technology to pilot projects across new material streams. - source: reclamationfactory.com
2025-09-04 - Deployment - Reclamation Factory completes City of Pittsburgh recycling pilot - The pilot created a database of more than 10,000 labeled plastic images. The pilot diverted 80% of collected plastic by weight from landfill. Machine-learning models were trained to classify difficult plastic streams to bale specifications. - source: reclamationfactory.com

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