AIRE Ecoembes

About AIRE Ecoembes

AIRE is Ecoembes' Virtual Recycling Assistant that solves all your recycling questions.
It helps you know immediately which recycling container each waste is thrown into.
Never hesitate again when deciding which trash can to recycle. Yellow container, blue container or green container? Each object must be placed in the appropriate trash can for recycling!
Always have AIRE on hand and make the recycling process even easier. Where should the cans be thrown?
Where are the light bulbs thrown?
And the coffee capsules?
Do you know where to throw the aluminum foil?
This recycling chatbot recommends which container you should throw each object in to achieve correct recycling.
AIRE answers your questions via text and voice 24 hours a day. He also understands you in the language you choose, you can speak to him in Spanish, Basque, Catalan and Galician. It will even give you more information through links so you can better understand the recycling process.
The most innovative thing is that it is capable of recognizing, through photographs, the type of waste that the user has on their hands. Each person can send images of what they want to recycle, receiving an immediate response that will resolve all doubts. A.I.R-e also uses machine learning, so its database expands as it receives more queries.
Remember that each container is specialized in a type of recycling:
● In the yellow container we must deposit cans, bricks and plastic containers.
● In the blue container we must carry the paper and cardboard.
● The green container is suitable for throwing away glass.
● The brown or organic container is the one in which we must deposit the waste
organic like food.
● The gray or waste container will be indicated for waste that cannot be
recycle but they cannot be used to make compost either.
● Let's not forget the clean points! These centers are specialized in
recycling of very specific materials. To the clean point we must bring electronic materials, furniture, batteries, kitchen utensils, etc.
Although citizens are increasingly aware of the importance of recycling and how to do it properly, it is very common to have doubts about some objects. There are some containers or materials that can make us wonder which is the correct container.
For this reason, Ecoembes, thanks to TheCircularLab, has created the Intelligent Recycling Assistant, AIRE, a chatbot that was created to provide an immediate response to all the citizens' doubts and queries regarding recycling. It uses artificial intelligence to provide interactive information on different issues related to the recycling of all types of waste. You can ask it where to throw a piece of paper or where to find a clean spot, AIRE will know how to help you.
This Virtual Recycling Assistant is also available on Facebook Messenger, Twitter, Alexa and on the Ecoembes website. A tool available 24 hours a day to make recycling easier for citizens.
These are some examples of what the AIRE chatbot can do for you:
“Where to throw the coffee capsules” AIRE answers you: The coffee capsules must go to the gray container (normal garbage) or to the recycling point. In any case, there are collection points organized by the brand. Why don't you check out their website and find out which one is closest to you?
“How to recycle a mattress” AIRE answers: There is always someone who could use one, before taking it to a recycling point, think about whether you can give it away.
“Where to throw a computer”, he will tell you: All electronic devices that you cannot repair must be taken to a clean point. Thus, always prioritizing reuse or repair, the Ecoembes chatbot will give you the necessary instructions when recycling any waste. If you have doubts about recycling, don't think about it: trust AIRE!