“Global Cleaning”

Hi, our names are Riley, Anthony, Ethan, and Jordan. We are 6th grade students at MS 582. Our app is called Global Cleaning. The app is designed to help our community become more involved with cleaning our planet by trying to put an end to littering. There is so much litter all around the world which causes water, soil and air pollution so we wanted to design a fun way where people can get involved to help put an end to littering around the world.

The app has features where users can take pictures and post areas in the community where they have spotted litter. Users can join a leadership board and earn points if they clean an area where there is litter. They can also report litter to local volunteer organizations and help guide them to locate litter around their community so their employees can come pick it up. Our app includes a game where users can pick up trash in the areas where litter is usually found and they can earn medals. Another feature that users can use to help support them with the app is a settings page where they can have access to blue-tooth, audio, visual, and keyboard settings. Users will give permission for the app to use their camera so they can take pictures and scan where trash is located and pick it up, they also can use the map to locate where litter is being reported to help clean up the world.

We were inspired to do this project because we thought about the oceans and streets of NYC and how dirty it is, and full of trash.

If we were to build this project we would make it work by hiring employees to monitor the live maps of where all the trash is and connect with local nonprofit organizations to pick up the trash.