Author: tamal

An important step in the recycling process is sorting items based on their material. Miscategorized materials can lead to recycling contamination, which can degrade materials, resulting in higher costs, and cause harm to employees responsible for sorting. Currently, places like Pittsburgh use single-stream recycling, where all recycleable materials are collected and processed together. Our project EcoSort aims to make sorting your recycling at home easier, with bin that automatically sorts your recycling using computer vision. EcoSort will place the item in one of four categories: plastic, metal, glass, and paper, and will do so without any additional user input beyond placing the item in the bin. We aim to both reduce micategorization and promote home recycling by making it easier for the average person.