Inspiration
We were inspired by the litter we saw around our school zone. Our curiosity was then invoked by this problem, and once we got to researching, we found out about the fact that pollution causes 400,000 to one million premature deaths around the world annually. This inspired us to create a solution to guide people in proper disposal practices of their waste.
What it does
In the Trash Tracker program, the user is prompted to input the item they wish to dispose of. Trash Tracker informs them of how and where to dispose of the item. When they are finished, they are held responsible by being informed of the number of items that they sent to the landfill and the number of items they've recycled.
How we built it
We utilized Java to code our program through Replit.
Challenges we ran into
Being beginners, at Hackathons, we ran issues with coming up with project ideas. When we finally settled upon our inspiration for this project, also being beginners at Java, we ran into some bugs with calling the methods on our object.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
The overall result of our struggles.
What we learned
Through experience, we have learned how to implement our project ideas on our own through the skills we have learned in our AP CSA class, where we learned Java. We also learned to gain independence in debugging skills.
What's next for Trash Tracker
Well, with funding, we would look into not only furthering our program to be worthy of being an application (after we educate ourselves more on Java) but also further upgrading our program by investing in applying location services for our program so that people can know what recycling facilities are near them; for user convenience. We'd also look into expanding the program by creating an educational program within the application to teach users the correct disposal processes by implementing (AR) augmented reality. We'd also want to utilize funds to connect with environmental organizations, waste management companies, or local authorities to expand the reach and impact of the application. We'd also allocate resources to enhance data security and privacy measures.
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