Inspiration
Figuring out what to recycle or compost is harder than it should be. For many items out there, it's hard to distinguish whether its recyclable or compostable, which is why people often opt to just throw everything in the trash. For example, some Starbucks cups are lined with plastic which makes them non recyclable.
What it does
BinSort provides an easy solution to determine whether items you're about to throw away can be recycled or composted. The application provides a search bar where users a user can enter an item they're about to throw away, and easily see whether their disposables can be reused.
How we built it
For our tech stack, we used FastAPI for backend, CockroachDB as the database, and Next.js for the front-end.
Challenges we ran into
Most of our members were unfamiliar with full stack development, so there was definitely a steep learning curve. In addition we were unfamiliar with the tech stack so it was difficult getting everything set up.
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