New technology that uses artificial intelligence (AI) may have homeowners in the Central Okanagan thinking twice about what they put into their curbside garbage and recycling bins.

Chad Evans is a recycling truck driver and says hazardous materials are ending up in the truck far too often.

“Every day,” he said. “Probably one in 10 bins.”

It’s hoped those numbers can be reduced with a new system being used across the Regional District of Central Okanagan (RDCO).

Called ‘Prairie Robotics’, the system involves mounted cameras that capture images of material going into the recycling trucks.

“As the bin is being emptied into the truck, that is when the hundreds or thousands of pictures are being taken and that’s getting sent back to our system,” said Brody Hawkins, district manager fo

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