This blog post discusses Zabble's team visits to key partners, PSSI, Stanford and UCSF, to observe a day in their lives and how they use Zabble's products for zero waste initiatives. At PSSI, Zabble's team rode along with garbage and recycling truck drivers, observing challenges like route changes and contamination. They learned about the importance of real-time communication and notifications for addressing these issues. At UCSF, the team witnessed manual waste sorting and the need for technology that works offline. They also saw how Zabble's "Alerts" feature helps communicate contamination and hazardous items. The blog concludes with the value of these visits and the vision for Zabble 3.0, which aims to provide more granular insights and proactive engagement for achieving zero waste.

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

A summary of Zabble's AI object detection models development process and how we use industry metrics and benchmarks to develop, test and evaluate our AI systems.

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Read about the basics of object detection AI, challenges to developing a methodology and metrics and what it means for contamination detection and identification at the bin.

Monday, March 31, 2025

AI and automation enhance route reviews and cart inspections by automating data capture, engaging stakeholders, educating residents and businesses and ensuring compliance for legislations such as SB1383. Examples include faster inspections in Oakland and data-driven education in Watsonville.

Wednesday, February 5, 2025

University sustainability professionals are a dedicated and passionate bunch who go above and beyond the call of duty to help their universities progress towards zero waste. Their knowledge and experience are critical to the success of their waste initiatives. Zero waste teams need to be equipped with data to make informed decisions. The right solution can not only help them deliver on their goals but also be financially beneficial.

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Monday, May 16, 2022

Waste can be efficiently collected and managed with the right strategy to ensure that less waste is generated in the first place and that the design allows for clean materials leave the facility to be recycled into new products. These three considerations should be at the center stage for all hospitals to keep their waste collection and hauling costs down while staying true their mission of causing no harm to patients, staff and the planet.

Monday, November 22, 2021

We ask Erika Kimball, Founder and Principle Consultant of Kimball Sustainable Healthcare about her Zero Waste mission-driven work in the healthcare sector to reduce waste, conserve resources and improve efficiency at healthcare facilities. Erika speaks on her experience and the hurdles healthcare face on the road to Zero Waste.

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Summary of findings of Zabble Zero AI on dumpster fullness classification

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Going Zero Waste is a solution to reducing emissions upstream and downstream, but this is not without its growing pains. Over 150 Hospitals, 50 leaders in Environmental Services & Sustainability across 15 states in the U.S. were surveyed by Zabble, uncovering 6 prevalent pain points that stand out when on the road to achieving Zero Waste...

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

Building managers need to make multiple decisions when selecting their waste servicing levels from haulers: the size and number of containers, along with frequency of pickups for each waste stream. With advanced analytics, they can easily compare different options to reduce their hauling costs while accurately reporting on waste generation and recovery.

Monday, February 1, 2021

Thursday, January 28, 2021

The first and most important step in achieving zero waste is to get buy-in from key stakeholders including management, employees and facilities. When the upper management is convinced to adopt a zero waste goal, it instills a strong culture throughout the organization that becomes the new norm. A program that highlights its zero waste mission and incentivizes its employees and suppliers to hit diversion targets sees better long term benefits. IKEA has set the bar high when it comes to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) with its People and Planet Positive Strategy. 

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Most of us are aware that a banana peel is thrown into the green bin and paper, metal, and plastic can be thrown into the blue one, but unfortunately proper recycling is not this simple. These simple steps will help any of us relate to the benefits of recycling.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Thursday, January 14, 2021

Achieving waste reduction goals will get your building 30% of the way to attaining Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification.

Thursday, January 14, 2021

As many U.S. offices welcome back their workers after weeks of stay at home orders, a new set of safety practices and protocols are emerging. For companies returning to the office soon, here's a summary of best practices suggested by a few leading organizations in workplace and realty management. 

Friday, January 8, 2021

Creating a zero waste strategy and action plan is crucial to reaching your organization’s zero waste goals. Read on for a five step process to craft an effective zero waste strategy.

Friday, January 8, 2021

Hospitals don’t have a consistent and accurate lens into their waste stream. Without this ability, they don’t know where problems are occurring, which items are at fault or why they are paying so much. At the core of these problems is insufficient data, limited insights and burdensome data collection methods.

Friday, January 8, 2021