The Mission

It could help with sorting the waste once it is classified into a particular category (e.g: Plastic, paper, organic, etc.) Digital Waste Management by using data that is being generated. This could help the municipality determine the appropriate and efficient timings for waste collection. The data could also help in localized bin placement by determining the areas which are producing more plastics or papers or organic waste, etc. Idea impacts the whole Waste Management Chain right from waste generation to waste sorting and finally to waste collection. This will mean less waste ending up in landfills and more recycling as we can identify different kinds of waste and keep a track of them.

The Challenge 

With the climate and other crises staring at us in the face, it is paramount that we develop technologies that help drive humanity sustainably toward the future. Currently, the municipalities are not solving the waste issues using the data because there is no data about the waste that the city generates, to begin with. So, through my idea, I would like Eindhoven City to generate more insights into the waste that the city generates every day. In this way, we will gear toward making the waste management chain, a data-driven chain.

The Solution

The first step in the idea implementation is to fit a simple camera-based object recognition module inside the waste bins which are situated across the city center. This module will help recognize- what is the kind of waste being thrown inside the bin, classify the waste, generate insights about the waste, finally, send those insights to a dashboard for the municipality.

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