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Waste characterizationPhoto in.Audit out.

Know what is in every load, and how much of it does not belong.

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Sample data
SnapAny bin, cart or roll-off. iPhone, iPad or the web.
AI reads itMaterials, contamination, fullness, weight.
You reportAlerts, dashboards and exports, in your format.
40+ cities across the US. In the field since 2017.
Best in class technology for waste management.
Featured by NASA, Apple, Google 1st place, a16z Gov Tech 2024 Peer-reviewed research, 2025 Keep America Beautiful field test

AI reads the load.

What is in it, and how much of each.

Cardboard% by volume
Mixed paper% by volume
Plastic film% by volume
Rigid plastics% by volume
Metals% by volume
Glass% by volume
Wood and palletscounted
Food and organics% by volume
Textiles% by volume
E-wastecounted
!Batteries, hazardsflagged
Your categoriesconfigured
One photo, 30 yard roll-offReviewed
5 materials, by volume
Cardboard74%Accepted
Mixed paper17%Accepted
Plastic film5%Contamination
Food3%Contamination
Other1%Contamination
80% fullAbout 24 cu ydAbout 2,400 lbSample record

Your team has the last word.

Staff can confirm or correct any read.

  • IncludedApprove, edit or reject any read
  • IncludedYour materials and your contaminants
  • On requestFace and background masking at kiosks
See a pattern? We add the rule. No app update.

Contamination. Caught at the dock.

Pick what does not belong. Tell us who. The right person gets an email.

Cardboard and paper, Dock 3Share of the load that does not belong
9%Over your limit
Plastic filmTo: dock supervisor
Subject:Film in cardboard, Dock 3
Food wasteTo: site manager
Subject:Food in mixed paper, Building C
BatteryTo: safety lead
Subject:Battery in cardboard, Dock 2
Who gets the email

A matching photo emails the right person, at once or as a digest.

The rules
Plastic film in a cardboard loadDock supervisor
Food in any paper loadSite manager
Any visible battery or hazardSafety lead
Inside every email
PhotoThe photo of the load.
What matchedThe items that tripped the rule.
LocationWhere and when it was taken.
We set the rules up with you.

Sample data.

How full. How heavy.

Fullness, volume and weight, from the same photo.

40%Dock 1About 12 cu ydAbout 1,100 lb
60%Dock 2About 18 cu ydAbout 1,900 lb
80%Dock 3About 24 cu ydAbout 2,400 lb
90%Dock 4About 27 cu ydAbout 2,600 lb

See which containers are worth a pull, as of the last photo.

How the estimate works

Size times fullness gives volume. Material type gives weight.

Container sizeSet at capture.
FullnessRead from the photo, to the nearest 10%.
VolumeContainer size times fullness.
WeightFrom volume and material type. Staff can correct it.
Estimates, not scale weights. Check them against your scale tickets any time.

Sample data.

Reports, ready to share.

For compliance, sustainability and producer responsibility (EPR). In your format.

Fullness at pull

Sustainability
Fuller pulls, fewer trips.
55%
Mar
58%
Apr
63%
May
68%
Jun
72%
Jul
76%
Aug

Material mix, by volume

EPR
58%cardboard
Cardboard58%
Mixed paper17%
Plastic film9%
Food6%
Other10%

Contamination by site

Compliance
Two plants over the 5% limit.
Plant D
11%
Plant B
7%
Plant A
4%
Plant E
3%
Plant C
2%
What you can export

Your numbers, in the format your team already uses.

CSV and ExcelOne row per load, or one row per material.
PDF reportPhotos and details, ready to share.
JSONFor your own tools.
PhotosA ZIP with every photo behind the numbers.
MapEvery record on an interactive map.
Scheduled emailDaily, weekly or monthly, to the people you pick.
More than 20 export formats today. Need another? We build it with you.

Sample data.

Every load. Not a sample.

A hand sort is a day or two a year. A photo can cover every pull.

No sort tables. No tally sheets. If your team can take a photo, they can run an audit.

You stay in control.

Your photos. Your data. Your rules.

Privacy controls At hands-free kiosks, faces and backgrounds are masked before upload.
Yours to keep Export any time. If you leave, you take everything with you.
The right people only A role for each person. Invite-only teams. Multi-factor sign-in on the dashboard.
Security and contracting

What your security and purchasing teams will ask.

Security
Google CloudEncrypted at rest and in transit.
Multi-factor sign-inEnforceable for every dashboard user.
BackupsDaily and weekly. Weekly copies kept 60 days.
Your data
ExportCSV, Excel, PDF or JSON, any time.
ImportBring your history in by CSV.
Leaving30 days to retrieve it. Deleted within 90.
Contracting
PaperworkW-9, certificate of insurance and a sample agreement on request.
InsuranceGeneral liability $1M per occurrence, $2M aggregate. Professional liability $1M.
BillingBilled yearly. Fits a purchase order.

Built around your operation.

One platform, set up for your streams and your systems.

Custom AISet up for your materials, your contaminants and your rules.
Custom exportsYour columns, your units, your schedule.
Custom APIPhotos in, data out. Integrations are built per project.
Custom solutionsHands-free kiosks, QR forms, new workflows. Built with you.
Your sites
Rubbish
Your systems
Photos come in from the app, the web or the API.
Data goes out by email, export or API.

Trusted at scale.

Two of America's largest stewardship programs. One of its largest convention centers.

Venue, 3 million square feetNew Orleans Convention CenterShow floor leftovers and 30 yard containers, read for fullness and contamination.
Mattress stewardshipMattress Recycling CouncilThe statewide log for illegally dumped mattresses in California.
Paint stewardshipPaintCareAn AI paint scanner for the public, linked from paintcare.org.
Also trusted by
City of Elk GroveTarrant Regional Water DistrictReplateKeep America Beautiful

Know what's in your waste. Start with one photo.

Snap each load. See what it's made of and what doesn't belong. We set it up and train your team.

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