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Our team at Glacier made history this weekend, installing TWO AI-powered robots in ONE weekend. As of this morning, our two newest deployments are already hard at work rescuing recyclables from landfill. For anyone who hasn't built an industrial robot before, let me expand on why this is so friggin cool: * Before Glacier, robot installs routinely took a week or more. With our novel design, we used to take pride in being able to build ONE robot in a weekend, something no other player in the space could do. Two in a single weekend is truly unheard of, until today! * Recycling facilities really don't like incurring downtime for new equipment, so the fact that we can install these between when they leave work on Friday and when they show up on Monday is already like magic for these folks. Imagine taking a weekend trip and coming home on Sunday night to find...a fully functioning robot hard at work sorting your trash! (it's one of the nice robots, I promise) * Magical as it seems to our customers, there was no magic needed on our side. You're looking at our second-generation machine, which is significantly easier to build, install, and maintain. Our team has also become incredibly talented with these builds, creating better processes and tools to speed up the installs. This is a huge milestone on our path to fixing recycling and we hope to continue to impress customers with our magic. I'm so incredibly grateful to my Glacier teammates who did the unseen work of installing these two machines in record time, as well as all of our engineers who continue to design incredible updates for our equipment, and of course to Rebecca Hu for continuing to build such great partnerships with our customers. PS this is just a sneak peek - we'll be doing it again in about a month!

The future of recycling is happening now. 🌎 As the recycling industry faces complex challenges, cutting-edge technologies are driving transformation. AI and robotics are no longer ideas for the future—they're here and changing how we approach material recovery. Glacier is proud to be at the forefront of this revolution, helping optimize processes and reduce waste. Today, our founder and CEO, Rebecca Hu, will join the panel discussion on "Emerging Technology and Approaches" at the MRF Ops Forum, where she’ll explore innovations shaping the future of recycling. If you're attending, join us from 1:30-2:30 pm to stay ahead of the curve and be part of the conversation! #RecyclingInnovation #AIinRecycling #Sustainability

Did you miss us at the Plastics Recycling Conference last month? Fret not! Resource Recycling, Inc. published a great summary of takeaways from the plenary session on AI in plastics recycling, featuring insights from Glacier's founder, Rebecca Hu. https://lnkd.in/gbQ8nwrq

Whether you're a policy nerd, climate tech enthusiast, or just a big fan of Kal Penn, tune in for the Elemental Interactive livestream today at 3:30pm PT! Glacier's founder Rebecca Hu will be onstage sharing her views on Glacier's mission, our work with Elemental Excelerator, and what's next for AI in the recycling industry. https://lnkd.in/giVnYcKw

We're proud to announce our participation in the 100+ Accelerator. This is a powerful opportunity for us to drive the circular economy forward by bringing Glacier's recycling technology to some of the biggest brands in the world, including Colgate-Palmolive, The Coca-Cola Company, and AB InBev! cc Anne Bedarf Brian McEnroe Gary Binstock Adam Spunberg Maisie Devine Sherman Liam Vita Molun Zhang Jim Velky Jerome Labie

Glacier's mission to end waste is an ambitious goal: only 21% of residential recyclables in the US are currently recycled. Today marks a significant milestone toward our waste-free future. We're proud to announce that we’ve raised $7.7 million in new funding, with support from a phenomenal group of investors including Amazon's Climate Pledge Fund, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), AlleyCorp, Overture , Elemental Excelerator, and VSC Ventures. Alongside the investment, Amazon is announcing a commercial pilot program with Glacier as part of its efforts to understand and improve the recyclability of its packaging – underscoring our shared commitment to reducing landfill waste and fostering a circular economy. With our AI-powered robots at the forefront, Glacier is helping to promote a more sustainable planet and rescue billions of dollars of raw materials every year from our landfills and oceans. 🤖🌍 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gJv84r79 https://lnkd.in/gF3hHUTa #robotics #ai #climatechange #CircularEconomy #recycling CC: Nick Ellis, Phoebe Wang, Katie Larsen, Marisa LaRocca, Ann Bordetsky Andrew Schoen, Mason Murray, Abe Murray, Brannon Jones, Shaun Ng, Dawn Lippert, Shomik Dutta, Michael O'Neil, Vijay Chattha, Jay Kapoor, Maggie Philbin

We're proud to announce our AI project with Colgate-Palmolive, Haleon, and Mazza Recycling Services to start tracking toothpaste tubes in the recycling stream. This is a critical part of a larger effort to understand and improve recycling rates for key materials!