Recycling app for crowd-sourced recycling

A computer-implemented method for managing waste services performed by a service vehicle, comprising:

• capturing, via a camera, during completion of a waste service activity by the service vehicle, an image of waste set out for retrieval by a consumer;
• receiving from the consumer, at least one of a picture and a description of a desired item;
• recognizing an object in the image of waste captured by the camera;
• determining whether the recognized object matches the desired item;
• in response to determining that the recognized object matches the desired item, displaying a notification to the consumer via a portal;
• in response to the notification, receiving, from the consumer via the portal, a message including an acceptance or a rejection of the recognized object;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the message including the acceptance or the rejection of the recognized object, causing the service vehicle to perform one of:
• loading, via a vehicle hatch of the service vehicle, the recognized object into the service vehicle;
• or
• leaving the recognized object at its current location for the consumer.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for managing waste services by a service vehicle, comprising:

• capturing, via a camera, during completion of a waste service activity by the service vehicle, an image of waste set out for retrieval by a consumer;
• detecting a location of the service vehicle at a time of the image capture;
• receiving from the consumer, at least one of a picture and a description of a desired item;
• recognizing an object in the image of waste captured by the camera;
• determining whether the recognized object matches the desired item;
• in response to determining that the recognized object matches the desired item, providing a notification to the consumer via a portal, wherein the notification includes the image of waste and the location of the service vehicle;
• in response to providing the notification, receiving, from the consumer via the portal, an acceptance or a rejection of the recognized object;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the acceptance or the rejection of the recognized object, causing the service vehicle to perform one of:
• loading, via a vehicle hatch of the service vehicle, the recognized object into the service vehicle;
• or
• leaving the recognized object at its current location for the consumer.