compost-share

Cal Earth Hacks - Compost Sharing Map

Authors: Jena Alsup, Meena Rajan, Meia Alsup

DevPost Submission

Motivation Statement

Due to coronavirus budget cuts, New York City will be suspending curbside composting beginning on May 4, 2020 and ending in June 2021. Residents will no longer be able to discard food scraps and yard waste as compost and compostable items must be collected as garbage. Compost Share connects those with backyard or personal compost bins with those who want to continue to compost the waste from their homes.

Development Stack

• node - javascript runtime
• express - back end server
• react - front end
• mongodb - database

Other Helpful Things / APIs leveraged

• Google Maps API
  • Maps Javascript API
  • Geocode
• flexbox - css styling

Deployment

• Netlify for React Front End

  • cd src/client && ./deploy.sh

• Heroku for Express Back-End

  • ./deploy.sh
  • View logs: heroku log --tail

Features

Upload

• Location
• Hours / Days Available
• Types of food scraps accepted
• Things to potentially add?
  • Capacity - for later
  • Price - for later
  • scheduler: 15 min blocks: Covid Only Scenario

Search

• Filters
  • types of food scraps
  • distance
  • hours / days available
• things to potentially add
  • input address, get 5-10 closest sites