Raleigh, NC designed a mobile app to report and reduce litter

Complete

Raleigh designed and released a mobile app that allows residents to report various types of litter that they spot downtown. The app then uploads the information to a central database where city officials can see the type of waste and where it was located.

Mobile App Citizen Services Citizen Engagement Environmental Services

Raleigh, NC

Municipality in North Carolina

United States

Newsworthy

Raleigh Cleans Up with AppStudio for ArcGIS

Litter(ally) an app for that: Raleigh tracks trash with mobile phone app :: WRAL.com

When a city is growing as quickly as Raleigh, one of the bigger jobs for utility workers is keeping streets clean.

Project Succeeded

The city has been able to use the data to find litter hotspots downtown. They have installed cigarette urns, waste stations, and other measures to help combat litter as a result of their findings.

More from Raleigh

Raleigh, NC builds citywide AI strategy through cross-department pilots and employee training

Raleigh, NC considers an ordinance banning residents from owning or feeding wild animals

Related Projects

Lancaster, CA deploys agentic AI permitting platform to cut approval times from months to days

Denver, CO uses AI to streamline building permit reviews and target 80% first-round approval rate

🚫 To join the discussion, sign up. It's free!

← View all projects by Raleigh