Please note: The algorithm descriptions in English have been automatically translated. Errors may have been introduced in this process. For the original descriptions, go to the Dutch version of the Algorithm Register.
Object recognition street waste
- Publication category
- Impactful algorithms
- Impact assessment
- DPIA, ...
- Status
- In use
General information
Theme
Begin date
Contact information
Responsible use
Goal and impact
Automated recognition of different types of street waste
Considerations
Results Uthiek Assessment: with this approach, we encourage timely waste collection in the city. Because we recognise different types of street waste at different locations and can determine their impact. In doing so, we contribute to the value Health, because less waste leads to a cleaner city and living environment. The value Privacy is not at stake in the subject of waste collection, as there is NO traceability to residents in any way.
Human intervention
The algorithm (with direct impact on Utrecht residents and their living environment) only serves as a source of information for an employee, who takes the right follow-up step based on this information and the context of the situation. This principle is included in our Utrecht framework Internal Guidelines for Algorithm Application.
Risk management
The Utrecht data scientists, Information and Process Advisors (IPA) and Decentralised Information Security Officers (DISO) within the Utrecht municipality have a controlling and monitoring role in the application of the algorithm, in addition to the employees directly involved. By doing so, we want to prevent the following risks from occurring:
- data leak by making personal data of Utrecht residents publicly available
- algorithm takes a decision completely independently, without the intervention of an employee and without interpreting the relevant context of the situation
- 'function creep' regarding data in the application of the algorithm, causing the algorithm to give a distorted picture of what is going on. This can occur because the same type of data is used when applying the algorithm, and the algorithm uses that as confirmation of what comes out as information
Impact assessment
- Utrechts Uthiek Assessment
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA)
Operations
Data
- overview of types of street waste
- location registration of waste at district or neighbourhood level
- time of waste recording
- waste reports
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