Rarely do news about the state of our planet make me laugh out loud but Sorty McSortface got a good chuckle out of me. An AI-powered robot, Sorty works in a recycling facility and pulls juice cartons and plastic bottles from a conveyor belt for reprocessing. Seems simple enough but hey, he does it better and faster than anyone else and that is something. Nevermind the unseriousness of his name, Sorty is our ticket to the future right before the actual future where we’ve become smart enough to bypass recycling altogether. So, a little respect, OK?

Inspiration: The Future of Recycling Is Sorty McSortface

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