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Project Code [2007-S-ET-5]
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Project title
Using Recommendation Technology to Enhance Waste Exchange Services
Primary Funding Agency
Environmental Protection Agency
Co-Funding Organisation(s)
n/a
Lead Organisation
University College Cork (UCC)
Lead Applicant
Derek Bridge
Project Abstract
Waste exchange services connect organisations that have waste with organisations that can use it. Waste is thereby diverted from landfill, and businesses save money by reducing disposal costs and sourcing cheap materials.Waste exchange web sites presently offer only rudimentary search. We will develop new recommender systems technology to make more and better matches. We will use Artificial Intelligence-inspired matching algorithms to recommend opportunities to reuse, recycle and up-cycle waste. We believe this will be the first application of these ideas to waste exchange. We expect to measurably increase the volume and value of waste that gets diverted from landfill.
Grant Approved
�40,000.00
Research Hub
Green and Circular Economy
Research Theme
Waste and Resources Management
Initial Projected Completion Date
06/10/2009