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Waste Management Software Built for the Field.

Snap a photo of waste. See what it is, about how much, where, and if it could blow up.

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Active in over 40 cities across the US.

Started in 2017. Built for:

A drawn town at work: City Hall, a stadium and a convention hall on the hill, a drop-off for household hazardous waste, a transfer station with a truck, a mattress yard, a river and our characters on the path.

Programs we work with

Each card links to a public source.

  • PaintCare

    Paint stewardship

    Before launch, PaintCare staff checked hundreds of real scans.

    PaintCare's announcement

  • Mattress Recycling Council

    Mattress stewardship

    Reporting is simple through the Rubbish web portal.

    Crews in California and Oregon log dumped mattresses they pick up.

    MRC's Oregon page

  • City of Elk Grove, California

    Household hazardous waste

    In five weeks, the Reuse Room tracked $30,865 in value for residents.If bought new. An estimate.

    Staff record each Reuse Room item in the City's own categories.

    On the NAHMMA agenda with the City (PDF)

  • New Orleans convention center

    Staff photographed show-floor leftovers and dumpsters. Each photo became a report.

    The center's news release
A drawing of a woman taking a photo of two bottles on the sidewalk. A tag reads 2 bottles, and a map card says the photo is on the map.

How it works

  1. SnapA crew member, staff member or resident takes a photo.
  2. SortAI suggests what it is. Your team can fix it.
  3. ShareSee it on a map, in reports and in exports.

See it in action

PaintCare's launch video, June 2026

PaintCare

Is this product accepted by PaintCare?

Users take a photo of a paint product and find out if PaintCare accepts it.

  1. Photo
  2. Answer
  3. Drop-off site

It works in a web browser, with no app to download, and PaintCare's website links to it.

PaintCare runs paint stewardship programs in 12 states and Washington, DC, with more than 3,000 drop-off sites.

When it can't tell, it says “not sure.”

PaintCare's page about the tool

Reuse Room

City of Elk Grove, California

Each item's photo becomes a line in the City's own daily sheet.

  1. Photo
  2. Category
  3. Daily sheet

In the City's own categories and spreadsheet columns.

Ask us about reuse tracking

HHW

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

Staff log old paint and cleaners as people drop them off.

  1. Photo
  2. Item and size
  3. Hazard flag

At the City of Elk Grove's drop-off, staff log each item.

At a city drop-off in California, staff log each item.

Corrosive

Ask us about HHW

Illegal dumping

Illegal dumping

A crew snaps a dumped pile. Items, count and place are logged.

  1. Photo
  2. Items and size
  3. Resolved

“It is hard enough to collect filthy mattresses in a workday, however registering them is easy and not time consuming.”

Raul Perez, Solid Waste Technician, Public Works, City of San Mateo

A statewide mattress program logs dumped mattresses on a web form.

See the illegal dumping page

Food recovery

Food recovery tracking

Snap a tray of extra food. Log what it is and about how much.

  1. Photo
  2. Food and amount
  3. Donated
Ask us about food recovery

Litter

Litter cleanups

Volunteers snap the litter they pick up. It shows up on a map.

  1. Photo
  2. Items by type
  3. Map

A regional water district's volunteers used it for river cleanups.

Ask us about litter cleanups

Screens show sample data.

Why programs choose Rubbish

  • Log with a photoThe photo becomes the record.
  • Same fields every timeEvery record is filled in the same way.
  • Your categories and reportsSet up with your own lists and columns.
  • Works in the fieldOn iPhone, iPad or any web browser.
The app's report screen: 64 records from 3 activities, ready to export as Excel, CSV, PDF or a map.
Sample data

People can check every answer

AI does the first pass. People can check and fix any answer.

The app

  • Names and counts each item.
  • Sorts it into your categories.

Your team

  • Can approve or fix any answer.
  • Checks what a photo can't show, like a leak.

We set it up with you

We train your team, then keep making updates. The feedback comes from the field.

Rule and wording changes go live without an app update.

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Procurement ready

Six questions to ask any vendor.

PrivacyGoogle Cloud. Encrypted at rest and in transit.
  • Hosted on Google Cloud.
  • Encrypted at rest and in transit.
Data controlYour data stays yours. Export any time.
  • Export any time: CSV, Excel, PDF or a map.
  • Bring your history in by CSV.
Access by userRoles for each person. Open QR forms for residents.
  • Owner, moderator and member roles, plus custom roles.
  • Each staff record shows who filed it and when.
SecurityMulti-factor sign-in. Daily and weekly backups.
  • Multi-factor sign-in available on the web dashboard.
  • Daily and weekly database backups.
ContractingW-9, insurance, sample agreement. Fits a purchase order.
  • W-9, insurance, a sample agreement and public agency references on request.
  • General liability $1M per occurrence, $2M aggregate. Professional liability $1M.
  • Fits a purchase order.
  • Email hello@rubbish.love
Phones and formsiPhone, iPad and any web browser. QR forms need no app.
  • Works on iPhone, iPad and any web browser.
  • QR forms need no app.
  • Not everything needs AI. Some programs use a simple web form.

Take a closer look

Stuff dumped on the street

One photo tells the city what was dumped and where.

See the illegal dumping page

What's in the bin?

One photo of a bin shows what's inside, and what doesn't belong.

See the waste characterization page

Sample data

More things Rubbish does

  • Custom AIAI set up for your program

    We set the AI to your items, your categories and your rules.

  • ConsultingHelp putting AI to work

    We help public agencies and companies plan and roll out AI for waste.

  • Problem reportsQR codes on cans and sites

    A QR code on a can lets anyone report a problem.

  • ReportsReports, ready to share

    Reports can go out by email on a schedule.

  • ReuseItems to donate, listed

    Snap items to give away. AI writes the list.

  • MapsProblem spots on a map

    See where trash piles up, street by street.

Research, talks and stories

Open data

Researchers used our app to count trash along the Pacific Crest Trail.

Published in the journal Waste Management, 2025.

Read the study

Talks

We also speak at WasteExpo and the California illegal dumping conference.

Blog

All stories
Talks, stories and research

Tell us what you count

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