Smart Trash Can: Image Classification and Segmentation for Waste Quality Management in the Home

Figure 1: Illustration of the disposal of organic waste and non-organic contaminants to the Smart Trash Can in the producer's home, with the device taking photos of the added waste after closing the lid and uploading these to the cloud (left).Automatic, computer vision-based detection of impurities and estimation of the amount of contamination in the container (center).Application scenario in which feedback, incentives, or nudges could encourage the user to separate the waste more carefully (right).