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The Bin Project aims to tackle the problem of food waste in Singapore through the use of data analytics and behavioural economics. By installing cameras on food waste bins, the project will track and classify consumer plate waste using AI object recognition. The team will then analyse the patterns and trends within the collected data and investigate the underlying causes of these results. Drawing from behavioural economics, the hope is that we will then be able to create the ‘nudges’ needed to help change consumer choices. Already running in the UWCSEA (East) canteen, the Bin Project team hopes to expand the idea to canteens across Singapore.