Waste

AI at the service of waste recycling & recovery with Autodiag®

At the AI Summit in Paris on 10 and 11 February, Claire Mathieu, Head of Data & AI at SUEZ, presented Autodiag®, the first waste quality monitoring tool in France! Our solution was selected as one of the laureates of the ‘AI for Efficiency’ call for projects.

Today, 20% to 30% of the waste collected arrives at the centre with defects. To improve the quality of the flows, SUEZ has developed this intelligent solution, which uses a camera installed directly on the table to analyse the waste in real time.

Using visual data from our 36 selective collection centres in France, our algorithms are enriched with a huge database of waste images, multiplying the tests and improving the accuracy of Autodiag®.

The concrete benefits?

  • More accurate and automated characterisation
  • Improved compliance of recycled materials
  • Improved purity of streams, essential for optimising their recovery
  • Proactive detection of line failures


This technology, which will soon be available for paper, cardboard and plastic film, provides an effective response to the challenges of recycling and the circular economy, complementing the essential work carried out by operators.

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