RecycleThis

Using Machine Learning to recycle efficiently.

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Recycle That

Recycle efficiently using ML

Today the biggest problem faced by mankind is Waste and its disposal. Now most of us are not able recycle any of our waste beacuse we simply dont know how to dispose a particular item in a useful and feasable way, so I have made an app to detect wether an item is recyclable , can be made into compost or can be diposed in a Lanfill, This app uses Machine Learning to detect the type of item, lets see how it works:

The Inspiration

I was inspired to make this app because I saw piles of trash lying around cities in every corner of the world. According to an estimate, Globally the estimated quantity of municipal waste generation is over 1.3 billion tonnes per year and is tend to increase each year. So we need a solution to this. And computers are now so-so powerful so i thought why not use the power of computers and Machine Learning to solve this problem, lets see how i did this:

The App

So this app is basically a Waste identification app and uses Tensorflow for the ML side. You haave to just open the app and point the camera towards the item to scan and click analyze, then it will identify what type of item it is and wethet it should be recycled, composted or landfilled.

Technical Part

Technologies use: This app is mainly programmed in Javascript as I am used to this language. I have used Tensorflow for the ML side. This is my first ML project and i am still learning. Other tech used:

  • HTML
  • CSS

Libraries used:

  • Bootstrap

# Building Process The build was easier than I thought and it took me almost 5-6 hours to complete all of this. I used VSCode as my primary editor.

Problem Encountered There were not many problems that I encountered but the finding images of waste to train the model was the hardest part.

What I learnt? This was my first ML project so i learnt a lot about Machine Learning and AI.

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