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A girl collects plastic bottles at a waste collection park in Bangladesh. Getty Images
A girl collects plastic bottles at a waste collection park in Bangladesh. Getty Images
How AI is helping to increase plastic recycling rates in the UAE and across the world
Currently, only 9 per cent of plastic is recycled but better ways to sort waste could lead to improvements