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 # Create a custom Visual Recognition classifier for sorting waste
 
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 In this developer code pattern, we will create a mobile app, Python Server with Flask, and Watson Visual Recognition. This mobile app sends pictures of waste and garbage to be analyzed by a server app, using Watson Visual Recognition. The server application will use pictures of common trash to train Watson Visual Recognition to identify various categories of waste, e.g. recycle, compost, or landfill. A developer can leverage this to create their own custom Visual Recognition classifiers for their use cases.
 
 When the reader has completed this Code Pattern, they will understand how to: