Challenge: How might we build and deploy technology-driven solutions that actively promote cleaner, greener communities and environmental sustainability?
EcoSnap empowers communities to report, prioritize, and track waste cleanup through a social, gamified platform.
EcoSnap transforms environmental action into an engaging, community-driven effort by:
- 📸 Allowing users to upload geotagged photos of garbage in their surroundings.
- 📰 Providing an Instagram-style feed for posts, comments, and upvotes.
- 🗺 Using Google Maps API to display heatmaps of waste hotspots.
- 📊 Giving NGOs & authorities a real-time dashboard to manage and track cleanup operations.
- 🏆 Motivating citizens with points, badges, and leaderboards.
- Citizens: Easily report waste anonymously & earn recognition.
- NGOs & Authorities: Gain data-driven insights for targeted cleanup efforts.
- Environment: Faster waste removal, awareness, and shared responsibility.
- 📸 Social Feed for garbage reports with upvotes & comments.
- 🗺 Heatmap View showing waste density & urgency.
- 🏆 Gamification with points, badges & leaderboards.
- 🏛 NGO/Government Dashboard for advanced filtering & cleanup tracking.
- 🗂 Waste Categorization (Plastic, Organic, E-waste, Hazardous, etc.).
- 📍 Location Tagging & search filters.
- ✅ Proof-of-cleanup verification system in development.
- 🗺 Heatmap integration with mock geotagged data.
- Frontend: Next.js, Tailwind CSS
- Backend & Database: Supabase
- Mapping: Google Maps API
- 🤖 AI-based waste classification (Gemini API / Google Vision).
- 🔴 Real-time live reporting via Supabase.
- 🤝 Partnerships with local authorities & NGOs.
- 📱 Mobile app with offline reporting.
- Ashwin Suresh – Project Lead & UI/UX Designer
- Vishnu Manojkumar – Full-Stack Developer & Mapping Features
- Devadath KV – Full-Stack Developer & Supabase Integration
