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Circular Economy: sorting and tracking glass recirculation

Company: Remark Glass Ltd

Major(s):
Primary: CMPSC
Secondary: CMPEN
Optional: IE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: YES

Remark Glass and our non-profit partner Bottle Underground process waste glass bottles and jars for various recirculation processes including glass blowing. Last spring a group of students created a system that makes it possible to scan bottles into a database that holds information that is relevant to our operation. This year, the team will be tasked with continuing to build on the database design to automate (with both existing information in the database and information from the sensors) where possible. The core database functions as an inventory, and now we need to add a parallel transaction record. In addition, we need to upgrade the physical and virtual design so it can be used by a team to process up to 10,000 bottles/month.