Robotic sorting of materials at a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) By Sarah Currie-Halpern In a perfect world, 2026 would be the year we cut global plastic waste in half, clean up the Pacific Garbage Patch, address microplastic pollution in our waterways, solve every recycling backlog, and, well, the list goes on. Part of what makes working in waste reduction periodically frustrating is the slow pace of change. Waste reduction advocates everywhere have learned to love steady