Building drones automated to the task of surveying areas of land, finding & picking up litter, and ultimately having that litter recycled.

Litter is detramental to the environment, and it acts contrary to the many efforts being made around the world to create a cleaner environment. In addition to this, the scale of the problem exceeds the rate in which the litter is collected by volunteers.

Drones deployed by The A.R.N.O.L.D. Project will possess the following:

• Object identification software to identify environmental anomalies (litter), and it's material

• GPS & automated navigation capabilities for autonomous flight paths & operations

• Drone-based tools, such as a manipulation arm, for picking up litter. 

The litter collected will be brought to material-specific (aluminum, plastic, paper, etc.) bins stored on service sites. 

Although initially the intention was to operate as a non-profit, The A.R.N.O.L.D. Project is an an employee-owned public benefit corporation. We place significant value on cooperation with non-profits and other volunteer organizations in order to fully tackle the litter problem.

Based on the studied below (specifically, the Pennsylvania Litter Research Study), which outlines current government spending, we've set our price at $1,750 per square mile covered.