Welcome back to Silk Logic’s Sustainability Daily Podcast – your daily source of green inspiration and actionable ideas to future-proof your business. I’m glad you’re here, because today we’re uncovering powerful examples of artificial intelligence, automation, and circular thinking helping companies and communities drive real, measurable impact for our planet and society.

On today’s show: Virginia’s largest recycling project brings AI to the trash for record landfill reduction, Alberta’s farmers scale up plastics recycling with a twist, and tech companies join forces to power climate-ready data centers. Plus: simple, modular buildings that prove sustainability can be both innovative and cost-effective.

Let’s dive in.

First up: Tackling the recycling crisis head-on, the Southeastern Public Service Authority of Virginia – serving more than one million people – has launched America’s largest municipal recycling overhaul with the help of AMP Robotics. Here’s the challenge: for decades,