Monitoreo de residuos sólidos en las riberas del río “San Pedro”, mediante el reconocimiento de objetos con un dron

Abstract

The present project has been designed to recognize solid waste along the banks of the "San Pedro" river. Over time, a considerable amount of waste has accumulated along the riverbanks. Exploring potential applications of new technologies to address the issue, the implementation of artificial intelligence is being considered. This technology would be responsible for identifying three specific categories of waste: food containers (such as containers, disposable plates, and cups), Tetrapak packaging, and PET bottles. In order to achieve this purpose, a drone was employed to access various areas of the river from the air. From this perspective, multimedia files of the waste along the banks were observed and captured, which were subsequently processed using recognition software. Upon completion of the multimedia file processing with the artificial intelligence software, an average effectiveness of 93% was achieved in recognizing the three classes of waste.