Computer vision

Coastal plastic detection

YOLOv8 models that detect plastic waste in drone images of coasts and waterways.

Detection output on a canal under a road bridge, with plastic items boxed and labelled with confidence scores.

Context

An environmental-monitoring project at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, using drone imagery and machine learning.

What I did

Top-down view of a debris-choked channel with dozens of plastic items detected.
Lagoon channel with floating vegetation and detected plastic along the banks.
Concrete drainage canal under a bridge with plastic waste detected along both walls.