China uses artificial intelligence to sort its waste

As confusion reigned among Shanghai citizens over the correct classification of waste since the city's trash sorting regime kicked in on July 1, China's tech giants have been quick to jump in with solutions. Shanghai was the first Chinese city to enforce new regulations for waste management, as the superpower attempts to curb its trash production that has already overtaken the United States'. Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com announced last week that it had launched artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to make trash classifications smarter. The Snapshop trash sorting function can be found in the JD Finance app. Users may search for "垃圾分类(trash sorting)" to open it.