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Waste as a Resource: How Data and AI Cut Recycling Costs
Incineration in the Circular Economy
What is the value of knowing what's in your waste stream?
Wasteer founder Benedict von Spankeren talks about how data and AI improve profitability and prevent dangerous accidents for waste management companies.
What you'll hear in this episode:
• The economic gap between recycling and waste-to-energy margins, and what this means for market entry and finding customers.
• How dynamic pricing changes the business: moving away from flat fees and charging suppliers based on the actual energy value of their waste.
• The difficulty of passing on carbon taxes, and why plants now need proof of exactly which supplier delivered what.
The episode also discusses the challenge of getting experienced crane operators to actually use new technology on the floor.
This is the third episode in "Incineration in the Circular Economy," a series sponsored by NEEW Ventures.
People
Benedict von Spankeren, Founder at Wasteer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedict-von-spankeren/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:46 The Rest of the Rest
02:43 Founding Wasteer at New Ventures
05:57 Where Wasteer Stands Today
07:07 Waste Analysis and Steering
09:40 Waste as a Resource
11:07 Waste-to-Energy vs Recycling
13:34 Cultural Resistance and the 99% Myth
17:40 Transparency Down the Value Chain
19:26 Pricing, Gate Fees, and CO2 Taxation
24:35 Calculating the ROI
28:35 Outro
About
WASTEER is a Berlin-based AI software company that helps waste treatment and energy-from-waste plants analyse incoming waste streams in real time. It uses camera and sensor data to detect contaminants, calculate waste composition and improve operational decisions so plants can run more safely and efficiently.
Its platform is built around digital tools for waste analysis, stream control and documentation, with the goal of reducing downtime, lowering costs and improving sustainability. WASTEER presents itself as a circular economy enabler by turning waste data into better material recovery, cleaner processes and more profitable plant operations.
Further Links
https://www.neew-ventures.com/
https://www.eew-energyfromwaste.com/
https://www.wasteer.com/
One-page Summary
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Incineration in the Circular Economy
What is the value of knowing what's in your waste stream?
Wasteer founder Benedict von Spankeren talks about how data and AI improve profitability and prevent dangerous accidents for waste management companies.
What you'll hear in this episode:
• The economic gap between recycling and waste-to-energy margins, and what this means for market entry and finding customers.
• How dynamic pricing changes the business: moving away from flat fees and charging suppliers based on the actual energy value of their waste.
• The difficulty of passing on carbon taxes, and why plants now need proof of exactly which supplier delivered what.
The episode also discusses the challenge of getting experienced crane operators to actually use new technology on the floor.
This is the third episode in "Incineration in the Circular Economy," a series sponsored by NEEW Ventures.
People
Benedict von Spankeren, Founder at Wasteer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedict-von-spankeren/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:46 The Rest of the Rest
02:43 Founding Wasteer at New Ventures
05:57 Where Wasteer Stands Today
07:07 Waste Analysis and Steering
09:40 Waste as a Resource
11:07 Waste-to-Energy vs Recycling
13:34 Cultural Resistance and the 99% Myth
17:40 Transparency Down the Value Chain
19:26 Pricing, Gate Fees, and CO2 Taxation
24:35 Calculating the ROI
28:35 Outro
About
WASTEER is a Berlin-based AI software company that helps waste treatment and energy-from-waste plants analyse incoming waste streams in real time. It uses camera and sensor data to detect contaminants, calculate waste composition and improve operational decisions so plants can run more safely and efficiently.
Its platform is built around digital tools for waste analysis, stream control and documentation, with the goal of reducing downtime, lowering costs and improving sustainability. WASTEER presents itself as a circular economy enabler by turning waste data into better material recovery, cleaner processes and more profitable plant operations.
Further Links
https://www.neew-ventures.com/
https://www.eew-energyfromwaste.com/
https://www.wasteer.com/
One-page Summary
Sign-up for the Circularity.fm Newsletter and get a summary with the take-aways of this episode. Register here: https://circularity.fm/episode/waste-as-a-resource-how-data-and-ai-cut-recycling-costs/