Glacier brings in $16M and announces new Recology King deployment

Two Glacier systems at work in an MRF in Chicago. The robots can sort up to 45 items per minute. | Source: Areeb Malik, co-founder of Glacier, on LinkedIn

Glacier, which uses artificial intelligence and robotics to efficiently sort recyclable materials, today announced that it has raised $16 million in Series A funding. The company also said Recology’s King County Material Recovery Facility, or MRF, in Seattle has deployed a fleet of its AI recycling robots.

San Francisco-based Glacier...