TIME Names Greyparrot Analyzer as One of the Best Inventions of 2025
TIME magazine has recognized Greyparrot's Analyzer as one of the innovations set to change the world by unlocking waste intelligence.
The TIME Best Inventions list, which has been running for over 20 years, features 300 innovations from across the globe. This year's list was compiled by soliciting nominations with a focus on emerging fields like AI, and evaluating inventions based on originality, efficacy, ambition, and global impact.
About Greyparrot's Analyzer
Greyparrot's Analyzer is an AI-powered camera system that captures and analyzes waste streams in real-time within recycling facilities. It classifies materials across 111 distinct categories and identifies packaging types and brands at an industrial scale, tracking 99% of material moving through a facility.
The Analyzer doesn’t just see waste, it understands it.
According to Greyparrot, tasks that would take a person over 375 hours to complete manually can be processed by the system in around six hours.
Author's summary: Greyparrot's Analyzer is named one of TIME's best inventions.