Case Study: Recycling & Disposal Solutions achieves higher recycling recovery and lower labor costs with AMP robotics

How RDS of Virginia increased recovery by 10% and brought consistency to its operations with AI-guided robotics

Recycling & Disposal Solutions (RDS), a provider of recycling services in Virginia, faced significant challenges due to labor shortages and stricter international quality standards for contamination-free materials. These issues, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, made it extremely difficult for the company to operate profitably. To address this, RDS turned to vendor AMP and its Cortex intelligent robotics systems.

AMP implemented its robotics systems into RDS's existing infrastructure with minimal disruption. The solution drastically improved the company's bottom line by reducing labor costs, increasing material recovery by 10%, and achieving a 98% accuracy rate in material identification. The robots provided operational consistency, allowed RDS to weather pandemic-induced volume changes without adding staff, and created a path to profitability. As a result, RDS has purchased additional AMP systems for future projects.

Recycling & Disposal Solutions

William Taylor

Maintenance Manager