{"id":14652,"date":"2025-09-25T22:16:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=14652"},"modified":"2025-09-25T22:16:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:16:11","slug":"amp-acquires-portsmouth-recycling-operations-from-rds-of-virginia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=14652","title":{"rendered":"AMP acquires Portsmouth recycling operations from RDS of Virginia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"attachment_585417\" style=\"width: 791px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-585417\" class=\"size-full wp-image-585417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured.jpg\" alt=\"AMP's robotic recycling sorter. \" width=\"781\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/amprobotics-featured-368x238.jpg 368w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-585417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AMP ONE autonomously transforms single stream, municipal strong waste, combined plastics, and different infeeds into worthwhile bales. | Supply: AMP Robotics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>AMP, a developer of robotic sorting know-how for waste and recycling, this week acquired the Portsmouth operations of RDS of Virginia LLC. RDS Portsmouth has been offering recycling companies in South Hampton Roads since 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re centered on enabling a brand new mannequin for the processing of municipal strong waste, and we see the success of our operations in Portsmouth as a blueprint for municipalities throughout the nation seeking to prolong the lifetime of their landfills and attain formidable diversion targets,\u201d mentioned Tim Stuart, CEO of AMP. \u201cAs we develop, we\u2019ll proceed to judge potential acquisitions that may allow the processing of extra tonnage by our techniques and additional exhibit the impression of our know-how on waste economics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since late 2023, AMP has operated an AI-powered <a href=\"https:\/\/ampsortation.com\/products\/amp-one\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMP ONE<\/a> system to course of regionally sourced municipal strong waste (MSW) <a href=\"https:\/\/ampsortation.com\/articles\/amp-processing-msw-portsmouth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Portsmouth<\/a>. The system is able to dealing with as much as 150 tons of MSW per day, separating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/recycling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recyclables<\/a> and natural materials from bagged trash with over 90% uptime.<\/p>\n<p>Geared up with this know-how, the power is able to diverting greater than 50% of landfill-bound materials when paired with organics administration and combined recyclables sorting techniques, the corporate claimed. Along with the MSW processing facility, RDS Portsmouth\u2019s operations additionally embrace a single-stream facility, which AMP mentioned it hopes to develop within the close to future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_53 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\" role=\"button\"><label for=\"item-6a290408d7f71\" ><span class=\"\"><span style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input aria-label=\"Toggle\" aria-label=\"item-6a290408d7f71\"  type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item-6a290408d7f71\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=14652\/#AMP_and_RDS_share_values\" title=\"AMP and RDS share values\">AMP and RDS share values<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/aireviewirush.com\/?p=14652\/#How_robotics_might_make_recycling_simpler\" title=\"How robotics might make recycling simpler\">How robotics might make recycling simpler<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"AMP_and_RDS_share_values\"><\/span>AMP and RDS share values<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"w-Y3o6q404o\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MSW Processing - Interview with Jason Mathis, RDS Virginia\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w-Y3o6q404o?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Based in 2014, AMP mentioned its AI platform has recognized greater than 200 billion objects and guided the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/sortation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sortation<\/a> of greater than 2.7 million tons of recyclables. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/AMP-robotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">firm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/amp-robotics-raises-91m-accelerate-deployment-recycling-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raised<\/a> $91 million in funding on the finish of 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased with the corporate my group and I constructed over the past 20 years, and I\u2019m excited to see how AMP builds on that basis,\u201d mentioned Joe Benedetto, former president of RDS Portsmouth. \u201cExtracting recyclables and natural materials from MSW is capturing extra of the worth in our waste, which is important with communities shuttering recycling applications attributable to rising prices. The way in which AMP is processing MSW right here in Portsmouth reveals what\u2019s potential with cutting-edge know-how.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This newest acquisition is the latest step AMP is taking to shifting past being a know-how developer and turning into an working firm. Stuart spoke about this with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Robotic Report<\/em><\/a> earlier this 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re turning into extra of an working firm,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/amp-ceo-shares-insights-waste-sortation-strategy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mentioned<\/a> on the time. \u201cSo, we\u2019re going to take this know-how and associate with different firms or municipalities to function their amenities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_robotics_might_make_recycling_simpler\"><\/span>How robotics might make recycling simpler<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>AMP\u2019s newest strikes are steps towards its objective of processing extra recycling supplies and lowering the variety of objects that find yourself in landfills yearly. It isn\u2019t the one robotics firm with the objective, nevertheless.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therobotreport.com\/tag\/glacier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glacier<\/a> is one other distinguished developer within the house. 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