Green Living
ISDN2001/2002: Second Year Design Project
RealCycle, really recycling
Our
Product
RealCycle is a smart bin which can detect cleanliness, weight and plastic type of bottles to identify and sort them in a smart way, and compress them afterwards. Our product aims to reduce the costs for recycling service providers on recycling plastic, and hence increase the successful plastic recycling rate.
How it works?
Input
Feedback:
Clean bottles: Accept
Contamination/ wrong objects: Reject
Analyze chamber:
Strain guage
Computer vision
NIR spectroscopy
Compression
Sorting
Storage:
De-odor
Full detection
Target users
Citizens with recycling habit
Target customers
Recycling service providers
Why RealCycle?
Quality
We ensure the quality of bottles collected is acceptable for their cleanliness.
Cost
We reduce the cost of transportation by freeing up spaces through compressing the bottles.
Care
We help the environment and alleviate obstacles faced by our users and clients.
Future Works
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Implementation of spectrometer
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Installation of compressor
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Construction of exterior case
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