iRecycle

Inspiration:

Inspired by the New York City GoGreen team

What it does:

• Classifies your recyclables by plastic/glass/cans/cardboard/compost/trash and sorts them to the specific category.
• A live tracker counts whatever is being "recycled"/uploaded

How we built it:

• Front-end: HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Back-end: Django and Google Cloud Vision API

Challenges we ran into:

• API credentials
• Couldn't get the data using the API
• Tried various platform to implement machine learning, but we weren't able to implement it into our website.

Accomplishments that we're proud of:

• Implemented Machine Learning in our website
• Getting the API to work

What we learned:

• Learned to be more eco-friendly
• How to use Google Cloud API.

What's next for iRecycle:

• Use this technology in an actual garbage bin
• Using an Arduino or any hardware device to help sort the recyclables to their respective bins.
• Display the live tracker in the bin to encourage citizens to recycle their materials
• Use a camera in the bin to sort the materials

Categories :

• Best Hack for Social Good
• Best NYC Hack
• Best Educational Hack
• Best use of Google Cloud

Built With

• css
• django
• google-cloud-vision
• html
• javascript
• python