Updated Greyparrot analyzer uses less energy, improves waste recognition in low-light environments
The unit is equipped with an LED lighting system that offers more illumination for more accurate waste material recognition and data analysis
AI waste analytics company Greyparrot has come out with its next-generation Greyparrot Analyzer unit. The new unit is made of lightweight, recyclable materials, and uses 10 percent to 15 percent less energy than the previous generation due to its new GPU, which saves around 50 watts of energy with the improved analytic capabilities.
Greyparrot is also rolling out a major software update for the Greyparrot Analyzer platform, fully compatible with the current hardware version. The update offers users a significant enhancement to the Alerts feature, which notifies material recovery facilities of dips in purity and other sudden changes in material composition via Greyparrot's Analyzer portal, and via SMS or email.
More visibility, more accuracy, and more data on waste flows
Greyparrot Analyzer units sit above conveyor belts in recycling facilities and use cameras to capture real-time images, and output AI-powered data on waste flows. Analyzer gives material recovery facilities 100 percent visibility into the composition of waste processed within their facility. As a result, Greyparrot has helped its customers avoid 20 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions by diverting 66,000 tons of recyclable material from landfills, incineration, and oceans last year.
The Greyparrot Analyzer's new hardware is 18.7 pounds lighter than the previous generation, which reduces the product's shipping and transportation environmental impact. The next-generation unit uses a lightweight yet strong polycarbonate unit with metal bracing and other recyclable materials, and it is easier to install, even in tight spaces.
The new Greyparrot Analyzer's custom-designed LED lighting system offers more powerful illumination, improving accurate waste material recognition and data in low-light environments. Colour light indicators and an LCD display screen are included on the unit to indicate unit status to facility operators, making troubleshooting easier.
Improving value of waste streams more sustainably
"Humans create 3.4 billion tons of waste per year, which ends up buried or burned! The only way out of the mess is separating the waste after collecting it," said Tony Fadell, principal at Build Collective, and the inventor of the iPod and Nest. "Material recovery facilities need superpowers to identify and classify the value of their waste streams. Greyparrot's AI-powered waste analyzer does exactly that: it distinguishes the type of material, brand, size, mass, function, monetary value, and emissions potential of each piece of our trash. Greyparrot turns trash into treasure accurately, quickly, and cost-effectively."
"The launch of our latest waste analyzer is a huge leap forward for enhancing waste analytics, and we're thrilled to have Tony aboard for this step in our mission," says Ambarish Mitra, Greyparrot's co-founder. "We've certainly taken some inspiration from him in aiming to be the ‘Apple of the waste industry,' with a product designed with both best-in-class hardware and software.
This new generation of our Greyparrot Analyzer unit is designed, created, and built in Britain, according to Mitra, which is quite rare and ensures a low carbon footprint. "By bringing this latest hardware and its corresponding software update to the market, we're providing material recovery facilities with a sleeker, more sustainable, and low-powered AI solution to increase global recycling rates," she explains. "Facilities can now better unlock the financial value of their waste to support a transition to a more circular economy, which can keep our environment clean for generations to come."
New Greyparrot Analyzer hardware and waste analytics software
The new analytics software is designed to identify material composition shifts against set thresholds, so the system alerts operators to quality issues and potential blockages, preventing escalations and reducing manual interventions. Acting in real-time, the facility can proactively reduce commodity loss while safeguarding product quality. This can decrease recycling facility and waste stream downtime, which is a significant loss leader.
By delivering and unifying this type of critical data from conveyor belts, Greyparrot provides real-time data insights to guide decision-making and enable operators to balance throughput rates, product purity, and the loss of valuable material to residue.
The next-generation Greyparrot Analyzer is available for pre-order now. It will be unveiled in public for the first time at the Greyparrot booth at the upcoming Resource & Waste Management Conference, happening from September 11 to 12 at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, UK. The software update is already being rolled out to all Greyparrot customers.
