Compostable

Recycling regulations vary from state to state. We wanted to make it easier for people to know what should be recycled and what should be composted. Our project is designed to demystify recycling and composting by automatically sorting waste into its respective category depending on local regulations. We used HTML and JavaScript to make a webpage where you simply provide your location and search for what you want to dispose of, and it tells you whether it belongs in the trash, recycling, or compost. We were originally going to use the Google Gemini API to decide which bin to put the item in, but we had issues getting the API to work how we intended. We ended up manually creating a JSON with a list of common waste items, and their respective bins. We use a fuzzy match to deal with variations in spelling between different English dialects. Over the course of this project, we learned how to write a backend using Node.js. Overall, we are all proud of what we accomplished, and hope to develop this idea further in the future once we gain more experience.

Built With

• gemini
• html
• node.js