McDonald's restaurants and Nordstrom department stores have been putting cameras in their garbage cans according to a recent report by CNN. The cameras come from a company called Compology and they are there to monitor their trash.

The goal is to make sure cans are only emptied once full and that recyclable material is not mixed up with trash. The man behind these impressive cameras that use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor trash is Jason Gates.

Gates told CNN that when it comes to recycling, most businesses have their heart in the right place. "We've found that most businesses and people have the right intentions about recycling, but oftentimes they just don't know what the proper way to recycle is," he said.