‘Time’ names Greyparrot Analyzer one of ‘Best Inventions of 2025’

Greyparrot, a London-based waste intelligence company, has made Time’s “Best Inventions of 2025” list for its artificial intelligence- (AI-) powered waste analytics product, the Greyparrot Analyzer. 

The AI camera system captures and analyzes waste streams within recycling facilities. The company says its Analyzer can classify materials across 111 categories and identify packaging types and brands. 

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"Waste has long been one of humanity's greatest blind spots," says Greyparrot co-founder Ambarish Mitra. "The Analyzer doesn't just see waste, it understands it. It turns chaos into clarity, giving us truth in real time about what we throw away, what gets recovered and what doesn't.” 

Time received nominations from around the globe for its list of 300 inventions, which were evaluated based on originality, efficacy, ambition and global impact. 

Constructed from recycled materials, the Analyzer can track 99 percent of material passing through a recycling facility. Greyparrot says the software can accomplish 375 hours of manual labor in six hours and provide live data to boost efficiency, divert waste from landfills and recover valuable resources.  

“Being recognized by Time is more than an honor,” Mitra says. It's validation that AI can transform the postconsumption world into a visible, valuable system—one that helps solve our planet's most urgent challenges. This also marks the next big conversation in climate action, moving beyond carbon and using waste intelligence to track, recover and reuse the products we produce."