Authors: Aparna Mote, Vaishnavi Patil, Sayali Pawar, Shruti Pawar, Saundarya Surana
Abstract: This paper introduces EcoXchange, an AI-based platform with the goal of supporting sustainable practices through thrifting, gamification, and waste categorization.The platform stimulates reuse by allowing users to trade pre-owned products in a thrifting marketplace. Gamification tactics, including reward-based models, are incorporated to maximize user participation in sustainable activities. Moreover, artificial intelligence technologies such as image recognition are used for waste classification, enhancing the efficiency of recycling. The study examines user activity in the thrifting market, participation through gamified functions, and the operation of AI-based waste sorting. The resultsdemonstrate the promise of integrating thrifting, gamification, and AI to enable environmental sustainability.
International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology