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A Lightweight Garbage Classification Algorithm Based on The Improved YOLOv10s

Xiaoyang Jiao, Ruyao Dou, Tianhuan Liu, Chunmeng Huang

Vol. 9, No. 1
Year 2026
Pages 73-84
Published 2026

Abstract

Garbage classification is an important task for environmental protection and resource recycling. This paper proposes a lightweight garbage classification algorithm based on the improved YOLOv10s model. By introducing structural improvements to reduce computational complexity while maintaining classification accuracy, the proposed method achieves efficient real-time garbage detection and classification suitable for deployment on edge devices.

Keywords:Garbage classificationYOLOv10sLightweight algorithmObject detectionDeep learning