Smart, Clean Recycling
Stop Wasting Money on Contaminated Recycling
Reduce Contamination at the Bin
→Reduce Contamination at the Bin
Reduce contamination using on-bin item verification prohibiting non-recyclables before they ever enter your stream.
Real-Time Recycling Data
→Real-Time Recycling Data
See exactly what is being recycled, where, and how much in real time; by bin, building, or campus. Optimize pickups, contracts, and sustainability reporting.
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Shape Recycling Behavior
→Shape Recycling Behavior
Deliver instant, on-screen feedback that teaches users what belongs in the bin. Drive lasting behavior change and cleaner streams with every single deposit.
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The Recycling Crisis You’re Paying For
Every day, facilities like yours lose thousands of dollars to a silent problem: recycling contamination.
The Hidden Costs:
The hidden costs include contamination fees from processors rejecting loads, increased hauling costs for materials sent to landfill, wasted staff time inspecting and sorting bins, missed sustainability goals despite good intentions, and no data to prove what’s working or justify investments.The Traditional “Solution” Doesn’t Work:
Generic signage? Ignored. Education campaigns? Forgotten. Full infrastructure replacement? Too expensive. Wishful thinking? Contamination rates stay at 30-50%. There’s a better way.Introducing Topper Stopper™ + TS Analytics™
The first smart recycling system designed to prevent contamination at the source while delivering the data you need to optimize, report, prove ROI, and scale measurable impact.
How It Works
Step 1: Scan
User presents item to Topper Stopper™. Data processing plus AI-assisted recognition identifies material type.
Step 2: Decide
System instantly determines if item is recyclable based on local rules at your property or global rules for materials.
Step 3: Educate
Platter opens for accepted items. Rejected items trigger immediate user education with visual feedback.
Result: Clean recycling streams, behavior change, and granular data.
Who We Help
Universities & Colleges
- Clean up campus recycling streams across residence halls, dining, and event spaces.
- Give sustainability teams the data they need for accurate reporting, grants, and ESG goals.
Sports & Entertainment Venues
- Keep contamination low during peak events with real-time validation at the bin.
- Reduce hauling and contamination fees while showing fans visible, smart sustainability in action.
Corporate Campuses & Office Buildings
- Standardize recycling performance across multiple buildings and locations, driving measurable impact.
- Equip ESG and facilities teams with accurate diversion data that supports corporate sustainability targets.
Municipalities & Smart Cities
- Improve recycling quality at public collection points and transit hubs, enhancing community sustainability.
- Use location-level data to optimize routes, contracts, and infrastructure investments.
Innovation That Delivers Measurable Results
Waste Wise Innovation combines smart hardware and powerful analytics to help you cut costs, hit sustainability targets, and prove ROI. Instead of guesswork and generic education, you get clean streams, clear data, and consistent behavior change at every bin.
Reduce Contamination
- Cut contamination fees by validating items before they enter your recycling stream.
- Capture cleaner material that is more likely to be accepted by processors and generate higher value.
- Lower the volume of recyclables that end up in landfill and improve overall diversion rates.
Collect Actionable Data
- Track the volume and weight of recyclables by building, floor, or individual bin.
- Identify contamination hot spots and underperforming locations in real time.
- Feed accurate data into ESG reports, LEED documentation, and internal performance dashboards.
Enhance Human Interaction
- Increase proper recycling behavior per bin visit by up to Y% with instant feedback on each item.
- Use engagement tools, gamification, and rewards to encourage people to recycle correctly.
- Turn every interaction at the bin into a learning moment that supports long-term behavior change.
Spotlight
USC Upstate Pilots Topper Stopper™ Technology Across Campus
The University of South Carolina Upstate and Waste Wise Innovation are continuing their partnership through the rollout of Topper Stopper™ units across campus. Early observations from the pilot program show clean recycling streams and alignment between recyclable materials and barcode data gathered from the units. As data collection continues, these insights are helping both teams explore how technology, engagement, and design may work together to support more effective recycling and sustainability practices across the university.
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Recap of WWI Winning the 2025 Charlotte Hornets Innovation Summit
The Topper Stopper™ Selected As Winner Of Fifth Annual Hornets Innovation Summit Presented By Bank Of America. The Topper Stopper™ is a unique product developed by Waste Wise Innovation that addresses the critical aspects of the recycling ecosystem, from contamination prevention to data collection and enhancing user engagement.
What a Cleaner Future Means to Us
Waste Wise Innovation was founded on a simple belief: recycling should work the way people think it does. Every bottle, can, and cup that makes it into a bin should have a real chance at a second life.
From our earliest fieldwork at major events to our pilots on university campuses and in complex facilities, we saw the same problem repeat itself. People cared about recycling, but the system around them was confusing, inconsistent, and often invisible. Good intentions went to waste because bins were contaminated, data was missing, and no one could see what was really happening at the point of collection.
Our response was to build practical tools that solve this problem at the source. Topper Stopper™ brings intelligence to the bin. TS Analytics™ turns every deposit into actionable data. Engagement tools and rewards help people learn, improve, and stay involved. Together, these solutions transform everyday recycling into a cleaner, more transparent process that supports real sustainability goals.
A cleaner future, to us, is not an abstract idea. It is a campus where contamination fees drop and diversion rises. It is a stadium that can show fans how their choices matter. It is a city that uses real numbers to guide policy, investments, and operations. Our story is still being written in partnership with the organizations that share this vision and want recycling to finally live up to its promise.
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