"The family-run skip and waste management business processes up to 280,000 tonnes of mixed recycling a year, depending on 24 agency workers stationed along its rapid conveyor belts."
"Annual staff turnover at the plant runs at 40%, mirroring an industry-wide retention crisis that is now forcing British SMEs to confront a question once reserved for car factories and Amazon warehouses: can robots do this instead?"
"The attraction of a humanoid is that you can put it here and it stays here. It will pick all day, 24 hours a day, seven days a week."
"Work-related injury and ill-health in the waste sector run 45% higher than the national average across other industries, and the fatality rate is a sizeable multiple of the broader workforce."
Sharp Group's recycling facility in Rainham faces a high staff turnover of 40% due to the challenging work environment. The company processes 280,000 tonnes of mixed recycling annually with 24 agency workers. To combat retention issues, Sharp Group is training a humanoid robot named Alpha to assist human workers. Alpha's continuous operation without breaks presents a commercial advantage, while the waste sector's high injury and fatality rates highlight the need for safer solutions in the industry.
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