A Mobile Application to Promote the Idea of Recycling

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Volume 4, Issue 1 (2023)

Published Online

January-February 2023

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01-03

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Abstract: Technology is changing the way we interact with the world; it has revolutionized the way people purchase commodities by eliminating the need of physically visiting shops and making it possible to do the same without having to leave their homes. This paper aims to explore the idea of reapplying the same concept in order to transform the way how people dispose their goods and to promote better ways of the disposal of recyclable waste for individuals. The proposed application employs Image Processing using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) and Global Positioning System (GPS) capabilities of mobile devices in order to create a link between recycling centers and users. Furthermore, The application makes it possible for users to book pickups and provides the users with monetary compensation for their goods using Image Processing to identify the material, estimate the weight and relay the offer made by nearby recycling center with the pickup date and time.