# How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco

DevFeed: [How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-firebase-helps-rubbish-clean-up-san-francisco-16297.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://firebase.blog/posts/2018/11/rubbish-app-case-study>)

Author: Emin Israfil; Elena Guberman

Published: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Firebase Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/firebase-blog.md>)

Topics: [Firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/firebase.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [Back end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backend.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

Tags: [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [backend](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/backend.md>), [case-study](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/case-study.md>), [cloud-functions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-functions.md>), [cloud-storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-storage.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [firebase](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firebase.md>), [firestore](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firestore.md>)

## AI overview

This Firebase case study describes how the Rubbish app helps neighborhoods report, organize, analyze, and share litter data, using Firebase to support its backend infrastructure.

## Source excerpt

News, tutorials, and updates from the Firebase team.