Towards Accurate and Efficient Waste Image Classification: A Hybrid Deep Learning and Machine Learning Approach

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Hauptverfasser: Nguyen, Ngoc-Bao-Quang, Do, Tuan-Minh, Phan, Cong-Tam, Phan, Thi-Thu-Hong
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author Nguyen, Ngoc-Bao-Quang
Do, Tuan-Minh
Phan, Cong-Tam
Phan, Thi-Thu-Hong
author_facet Nguyen, Ngoc-Bao-Quang
Do, Tuan-Minh
Phan, Cong-Tam
Phan, Thi-Thu-Hong
contents Automated image-based garbage classification is a critical component of global waste management; however, systematic benchmarks that integrate Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and efficient hybrid solutions remain underdeveloped. This study provides a comprehensive comparison of three paradigms: (1) machine learning algorithms using handcrafted features, (2) deep learning architectures, including ResNet variants and EfficientNetV2S, and (3) a hybrid approach that utilizes deep models for feature extraction combined with classical classifiers such as Support Vector Machine and Logistic Regression to identify the most effective strategy. Experiments on three public datasets - TrashNet, Garbage Classification, and a refined Household Garbage Dataset (with 43 corrected mislabels)- demonstrate that the hybrid method consistently outperforms the others, achieving up to 100% accuracy on TrashNet and the refined Household set, and 99.87% on Garbage Classification, thereby surpassing state-of-the-art benchmarks. Furthermore, feature selection reduces feature dimensionality by over 95% without compromising accuracy, resulting in faster training and inference. This work establishes more reliable benchmarks for waste classification and introduces an efficient hybrid framework that achieves high accuracy while reducing inference cost, making it suitable for scalable deployment in resource-constrained environments.
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spellingShingle Towards Accurate and Efficient Waste Image Classification: A Hybrid Deep Learning and Machine Learning Approach
Nguyen, Ngoc-Bao-Quang
Do, Tuan-Minh
Phan, Cong-Tam
Phan, Thi-Thu-Hong
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
I.2.10; I.4.8; I.5.4; J.2
Automated image-based garbage classification is a critical component of global waste management; however, systematic benchmarks that integrate Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), and efficient hybrid solutions remain underdeveloped. This study provides a comprehensive comparison of three paradigms: (1) machine learning algorithms using handcrafted features, (2) deep learning architectures, including ResNet variants and EfficientNetV2S, and (3) a hybrid approach that utilizes deep models for feature extraction combined with classical classifiers such as Support Vector Machine and Logistic Regression to identify the most effective strategy. Experiments on three public datasets - TrashNet, Garbage Classification, and a refined Household Garbage Dataset (with 43 corrected mislabels)- demonstrate that the hybrid method consistently outperforms the others, achieving up to 100% accuracy on TrashNet and the refined Household set, and 99.87% on Garbage Classification, thereby surpassing state-of-the-art benchmarks. Furthermore, feature selection reduces feature dimensionality by over 95% without compromising accuracy, resulting in faster training and inference. This work establishes more reliable benchmarks for waste classification and introduces an efficient hybrid framework that achieves high accuracy while reducing inference cost, making it suitable for scalable deployment in resource-constrained environments.
title Towards Accurate and Efficient Waste Image Classification: A Hybrid Deep Learning and Machine Learning Approach
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
I.2.10; I.4.8; I.5.4; J.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21833