Machine learning in recycling business: an investigation of its practicality, benefits and future trends

Du Ni; Zhi Xiao; Ming Lim

doi:10.1007/s00500-021-05579-7

Machine learning in recycling business: an investigation of its practicality, benefits and future trends

Du Ni, Zhi Xiao, Ming Lim

Chongqing University

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Abstract

Machine learning (ML) algorithms, such as neural networks, random forest, and more recent deep learning, are illustrating their utility for waste recycling. The increasing computational power of ML makes waste generation prediction, even at municipal level, possible with satisfying accuracy. ML is so critical and efficient and yet it is severely under-researched in recycling business. Also, the ML application in the recycling business is still a niche area judged by the limitations in its literature sources, the research domains, the ML algorithms’ use and benefits involved or reported in the literature. To unlock the value of ML in recycling business, this paper reviewed 51 related articles systematically and presents the current obstacles and future directions in applying ML to waste recycling industries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7907-7927
Number of pages	21
Journal	Soft Computing
Volume	25
Issue number	12
Early online date	25 Jan 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-021-05579-7
Publication status	Published - Jun 2021

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Keywords

Algorithms
Literature review
Machine learning
Recycling

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Theoretical Computer Science
Geometry and Topology

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