Applying machine learning techniques to waste classification: Development and analysis of a mobile application

Abstract

Modern society is facing a large-scale problem of waste disposal, which is attracting more and more attention from both researchers and the public. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA), the total generation of solid household waste in the world is about 2,924 million tons, which is approximately 1,2 kg per person per day. Using the hierarchy analysis method, an analysis of current commercial solutions was performed. As a result of a comparative analysis of applications, it was found that the model of the developed application surpasses the considered analogues according to the stated criteria.