Kitar4U: recycling waste mobile application for residential students in UiTM Shah Alam / Aimi Ayuni Uda

The method of recycling objects is challenging for many students because they do not know the methods and ways to quickly recycle them. Residential students in particular, some of whom do not have any transportation and so busy because they go through the routine as a student to go to class, do homework, etc., so that they do not have time to recycle their things. In addition, the campus has inspired students to go to the recycling center and they do not even know how to approach the parties. This project is about developing a Recycling Waste Mobile Application for residential students in UiTM Shah Alam and the owner of the recycle company. This project will cover three objectives which are to identify the requirement, to design, and to develop a Kitar4U mobile application. The scope of this project is focusing on the residential students to view the pickup schedule that have been created by the owner of the recycling company. In addition, it allows the students user to get the recycling service using online ordering. Besides, it has a schedule function to book for the pickup service at their preferred date and time. This way, students can book in any date and time that they were available without need to use any transport. Therefore, when students wish to send a reminder about the pickup service they have reserved, a notification with the alarm manager will appear so that students are better equipped to recycle their products. However, this project did not include a payment gateway as it must have done by cash. The method employed to complete this project is the Mobile Device Development Life Cycle (MADLC). Based on the findings, the project outcome is summarized to show the customer that the booking plan is clearer and can be planned for the pickup service. On the basis of user feedback from the testing session conducted, the weakness and recommendation for future development of this project was recognized. This project used Android Studio for design and development of Kitar4U Recycling Waste application and Firebase real-time database to store the data. In conclusion, Kitar4U will be beneficial for the students as it can minimize the student’s time and systematically ease the recycling owner for the data entry.