PolyPerception’s Accurate Data Gives Sorting Facilities Better Waste Stream Visibility

The Challenge

In order to deliver actionable insights and quantitative data to their clients, PolyPerception set out to build a robust multi-object tracking model, but quickly found that the accurate labeling of data would play a key role:

Low light and fast-moving objects
Waste objects travel quickly on conveyor belts in facilities with less-than-ideal lighting conditions

Volume of waste
On average, 8 tonnes of waste passes through a waste sorting facility every hour

Diversity of required labels
Wide range of packaging types and materials, with regulations and trends constantly shifting

Conclusion

For PolyPerception, accurate data in waste management has cascading effects for society – a rising tide to lift all boats. With more reliable data:

• Recyclers can better understand the composition of their input waste streams, allowing them to reach higher recycling rates, and meet federal/state regulations while cutting costs.

• Municipalities and government agencies can confidently establish data-backed regulations that will have positive lasting impacts.

• Consumers can be better informed of how their actions have a direct and measurable impact on the world around us.

The economic, social, and environmental benefits of the above are too numerous to list, but they are at the core of PolyPerception’s long-term vision of empowering stakeholders across waste management to make more impactful decisions.