Wastely
Supported by beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship

Waste sorting you can prove.

Computer vision identifies every item at the bin, checks it against local disposal law, and logs the proof for your compliance and ESG reports.

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Built for hospitals, universities, offices, and recycling facilities.

Try it yourself. The same item can have a different answer in a different city.

Pick an item
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Live scan
Audit trail

This demo uses published curbside rules for Berkeley, California and Chicago, Illinois.

Recognized by beVisioneers: The Mercedes-Benz Fellowship Intuit scholarships Provisional patent filed
The problem

85% of people cannot tell you which bin to use.

Our survey drew thousands of responses from 35 states and 2 countries, and 85% of people did not know where their waste belonged. Disposal law also changes from one county to the next, and when sorting goes wrong, the organization is the one that answers for it.

From the bin to the audit, in one system.

Explore the product
Unbranded packaging Damaged items Food-soiled paper Mixed materials No barcode needed

It sees the item, not the barcode.

Computer vision identifies the material and its condition in real time, at 94% sorting accuracy, including the items barcode lookups miss.

Same greasy pizza box
Berkeley Compost
Chicago Landfill

It knows your local law.

Every item is checked against the rules for the exact place it is thrown away.

ESG metrics Running
Audit trail Every sort
Compliance report Per jurisdiction

It writes the record for you.

Each sort feeds your ESG metrics, your audit trail, and a report for every jurisdiction.

Waste diverted
Before and after
Water and carbon

It measures what actually changed.

Track waste diverted, compare results before and after, and see the water and carbon data tied to your sorting.

94%
sorting accuracy
1,000+
early users across pilots and early access
3 years
of development behind the system

Built for places where many people share the bins.

Hospitals

Staff get an instant answer at the bin, and compliance teams get the record behind it.

Universities

Every building on campus feeds one shared set of sorting data.

Corporate offices

ESG numbers come from measured sorting data instead of estimates.

Recycling facilities

See how items are sorted at the source, before they reach your line.

Where it started

It started with one question: where does this go?

We asked people where their waste belonged. Thousands answered from 35 states and 2 countries, and most of them could not tell us. We have spent the three years since then building a system that answers the question at the bin and keeps a record of the answer.

Thousands
of survey responses
35
states represented
2
countries represented

Common questions

Which items can Wastely recognize?

Wastely classifies items from what the camera sees, which means it works on unbranded, damaged, and mixed-material items that barcode lookups miss. Current sorting accuracy is 94%.

How does it handle different local rules?

Disposal law varies by state and county. Wastely checks each item against the rules for the location where it is thrown away and returns an answer specific to that place.

What do the reports include?

You get running ESG metrics, an audit trail of every sort, and a compliance report for each jurisdiction you operate in. The dashboard also tracks waste diverted and the related water and carbon data.

Who is Wastely built for?

Wastely is built for organizations that manage shared waste streams, including hospitals, universities, corporate offices, and recycling facilities.

How do we get started?

Book a demo and pick an open time on our calendar. Your booking is confirmed right away, and we are setting up pilots with organizations now.

See it on your own waste stream.

Pick a time and we will walk you through scanning, local rules, and reporting for your organization.

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