Pre-sort fly-tipping reports by photo

Public order offices detect illegal waste dumping in photos from residents’ reports

Needs setupAI Act: no extra obligationsInspecting by cameraPublic administration

Fits: Office, administration & casework

Reports of fly-tipping from the issue-reporting service, app or email are pre-sorted by type and quantity as soon as they arrive: bulky waste, building rubble, old tyres, electrical appliances or suspected hazardous waste. Case officers send the right crew faster and spot multiple reports of the same location.

Is this for you?

  • You regularly receive many reports with photos, and reviewing and forwarding them takes up noticeable time.
  • You have a reporting system or an issue-reporting service to which image recognition can be connected.
  • Collection and disposal are already organised by waste type with the municipal works depot or the waste disposal company.
First step today

Take 10 photos of dumped waste that your works depot or field staff took themselves and that show no people, number plates, house numbers or address labels. Have them classified with the template below and compare the result with what the crew actually found on site.

How to go about it

  1. Define waste types and forwarding
  2. Build photo requirements into the reporting process
  3. Label completed reports with the findings
  4. Test the pre-sorting and set thresholds
  5. Integrate into the reporting system and collection
  6. Check incorrect sorting every month

Templates to copy

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VW-11 · Legal status 08.10.2026