Inspiration

to reduce carbon footprint by optimising the recycling supply chain decisions

What it does

Detect quality issue ahead, providing better estimates of material composition , forecast delivery time to enable better planning of customers

How we built it

Camera units that can be fitted to containers - send images periodically to cloud storage as the container gets filled Built a raspberry pi prototype Image Classification: Algorithms hosted in the cloud to classify images. Data sent to cloud database. Built 2 prototype algorithms using Azure cognitive services Identify material groups in images Determine how full a container is Mobile App: for staff to view images of consignments and feed info back Forecasting algo and webapp: to view forecasts of estimated delivery of consignments from suppliers. Built prototype

Challenges we ran into

  • low manpower.only two team members.
  • issue getting the AWS setup working
  • issue gettingthe apis working ## Accomplishments that we're proud of
  • proved the concept- the machine learning prototypes work, camera unit works, forecasting app works ## What we learned
  • bit about recycling , refreshed azure cognitive services skills, improved python skills ## What's next for Recycling optimisation
  • it is a scalable solutions and the ideas/components can be used across different companies and industries
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