The startup develops a process intelligence platform that utilizes proprietary software to design, model, and virtually test waste recovery and recycling processes. This technology enables companies to enhance the efficiency and profitability of their waste processing operations while facilitating the design of new facilities.
Funding
$470K raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
Founders
Product
Problem
Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and recycling plants face challenges in optimizing their processes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and adapting to evolving market conditions, often relying on error-prone manual methods and disparate data sources. This can lead to inefficiencies, inaccurate reporting, and difficulty in making informed decisions.
Solution
SortFlow provides a suite of process intelligence software tailored for MRFs and recycling facilities, enabling them to design, model, and optimize waste recovery and recycling processes. The platform includes SortFlow Process, a mass balance modeling application; SortFlow IO, a tool for streamlining material sampling and compliance reporting; and SortFlow AI Mapper, a digital twin application that uses real-time data from AI vision systems and NIR/optical sorters to provide insights into sorting processes. By integrating data from various equipment types, SortFlow offers a cohesive representation of the recycling process, simplifying data analysis and enabling users to identify bottlenecks, enhance equipment utilization, and improve material quality. The software suite helps plant operators track material quality and trends, generate compliance reports, and make data-driven decisions to enhance operational efficiency and profitability.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes waste management companies, plastic recyclers, plant builders, system integrators, specialist equipment manufacturers, consultants, and engineering offices involved in the waste and recycling industry.
Features
- **SortFlow Process:** Enables the creation of mass balance models for existing operations, simulates changes, forecasts outcomes, and measures the impact of process adjustments or upgrades.
- **SortFlow IO:** Streamlines waste material sampling, simplifies compliance reporting, and enhances monitoring of material quality; facilitates the recording of material samples and provides enhanced material insight.
- **SortFlow AI Mapper:** Creates a virtual replica of the sorting process using real-time data from AI vision systems and NIR/optical sorters, continuously monitoring sorting process performance.
- **Basket Value Tool:** Tracks material value by supplier, calculates gate fees, and adapts to evolving policies like Simpler Recycling, DRS, and EPR.
- Generates automated Environmental Agency (EA) quarterly reports (2025 version) and custom reports for internal use or for local authority records.
- Provides interactive dashboards to visualize trends, filter and interpret material data, and monitor input and output material quality.
- Facilitates the creation of detailed shift views and generates comprehensive reports to monitor performance trends over time.
- Integrates with sensor-based technologies like AI and Near-Infrared (NIR) to enhance the sampling recording process.