--- description: Find out why Greyparrot Analyzer is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. title: Greyparrot Analyzer: The Best Inventions of 2025 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda2c6d5bec6f9921/6998ca68c8dcb426adb50887/greyparrot-analyzer-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Greyparrot Analyzer Recognizing brands in recycling by [Kali Hays](/author/kali-hays/) ## Kali Hays Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Courtesy Greyparrot Only 9% of the more than 400 million metric tons of plastic [produced](https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/36964/VITGRAPH.pdf "undefined") each year is [recycled](https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-025-02169-5#:~:text=Despite%20these%20developments%2C%20the%20global,for%20current%20and%20future%20generations. "undefined"). U.K.-based Greyparrot is looking to make recycling work better. The company’s Analyzer product uses machine learning to help waste-management and recycling facilities better identify individual pieces of waste being processed so they can be sorted and recycled more effectively. Its DeepNest platform also uses AI to identify brands so manufacturers can track the recyclability and waste cycle of their products. The company recently partnered with Bollegraaf, one of the largest builders of recycling plants, to integrate its Analyzer AI systems to help automate recycling management. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. Greyparrot Analyzer: The Best Inventions of 2025 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318490/greyparrot-analyzer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318490/greyparrot-analyzer/"},"headline":"Greyparrot Analyzer","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:57.177Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318490/greyparrot-analyzer/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda2c6d5bec6f9921/6998ca68c8dcb426adb50887/greyparrot-analyzer-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kali Hays","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/kali-hays/"}],"creator":"Kali Hays","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltda2c6d5bec6f9921/6998ca68c8dcb426adb50887/greyparrot-analyzer-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318490/greyparrot-analyzer/","name":"Greyparrot Analyzer"}}]}] ```