A Proposal for a New E-Waste Image Dataset Based on the UNU-KEYS Classification

This paper introduces the largest and most diverse e-waste dataset to date, consisting of 19,613 pictures, 28,941 annotations, and 77 classes, where each class represents one visually distinctive type of electronic device. Furthermore, our dataset was structured using the United Nations University's UNU-KEYS classification, which ensures the compatibility of our dataset with the different e-waste classifications used worldwide and allowed us to choose more relevant dataset classes. The proposed methodology for image collection, annotation, and labeling is explained. The advantages and disadvantages of this dataset and how it can be improved in the future are presented. This dataset has been made open source with a permissive CC by 4.0 license so that it can be used to stimulate scientific progress in the field of automatic e-waste recognition, with the end goal of solving the global e-waste problem. The dataset is available online at https://universe.roboflow.com/electronic-waste-detection/e-waste-dataset-r0ojc.