WasteNet

The world’s largest dataset for waste.

About WasteNet

Our pioneering research has been developed in partnership with academics at leading universities to create WasteNet: the world’s largest dataset for waste.

It boasts over 3 million training images created by deep learning and computer vision, refined by weight and brand-level detection.

Waste Image Datasets

Using Recycleye Vision, our computer vision experts have analysed over 3 million images of waste items in MRFs (and counting!).

Collated by our expert team of machine learning engineers and academic research partners, these databases are at the heart of our image detection capabilities.

Waste taxonomy

The Recycleye waste taxonomy offers a global standard for waste classification, providing you with a common, clear language for market participants.

Research papers

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Single Shot 2D Image to 3D Model

This research consists of 2 papers offering differing reconstruction approaches to obtain high accuracy inferences of 3D structures with textures from 2D single shot images….

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Deep Learning: Unsupervised Domain Adaptation

The goal of this WasteNet series is to engineer a Deep Learning model that will focus on UDA for the instance segmentation task. As such, there are only two other approaches that are addressing this. …

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Recycleye Bin: A Human-in-the-Loop Approach to Computer Vision Waste Disposal

Studies have shown that the rate of recycling amongst individuals can be increased by correcting mistakes. …

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Instance Segmentation of Novel Objects in a Conveyer Setting

The advancements in deep learning have enabled rapid growth of computer vision capabilities. However, in order to achieve successful results, it requires a heavy reliance on the availability of large labelled datasets….

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A Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) to Generate Transparent Objects

The research conducted uses a technique which creates synthetic data using a general adversarial network to generate transparent objects….

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Synthetic Generation of Augmented 3D Data for Waste Classification

Machine learning techniques have demonstrated super-human abilities that are necessary towards improving the recycling infrastructure. …

Waste Industry

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Why data matters in Material Recovery Facilities

In recent years, demand has increased for waste sorting systems able to sort materials to greater levels of granularity. With demand also increasing for renewable resources, new innovative sorting systems are being implemented to deliver high-quality materials for re-use, as part of the strategy to deal with the issue of waste management. The availability of…

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Was WALL-E Right All Along? Is AI Really the Future of Waste Disposal?

When Disney’s WALL-E was released in 2008, many people speculated that the movie was predicting the future of waste management. With the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI), it seems that this may actually be true. The use of waste disposal robots, that are operated by artificial intelligence, is growing. So, is AI really the future of waste disposal? Let’s take a closer look….

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Modelling of a modern MRF

Paloma’s paper has a dual focus on two of the challenges faced by MRFs today: The challenges associated with efficiency, waste composition variation and waste sampling methods….

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Decentralised and Digitised Mini Material Recovery Facilities

This research explores the disruption of centralised waste facilities to accommodate a decentralised model, known as the mini-MRF, that is capable of extracting more value out of waste streams….