--- title: How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco description: Rubbish, a civic-tech startup app that lets neighborhoods photograph and report litter, built its entire backend on Firebase. The founders describe using Cloud... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-firebase-helps-rubbish-clean-up-san-francisco-6qyhfqtjh twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco | daily.dev og:description: Rubbish, a civic-tech startup app that lets neighborhoods photograph and report litter, built its entire backend on Firebase. The founders describe using Cloud... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/how-firebase-helps-rubbish-clean-up-san-francisco-6qyhfqtjh og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6QYHfqTJH.png og:image:alt: How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # How Firebase helps Rubbish clean up San Francisco **[Firebase](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Rubbish, a civic-tech startup app that lets neighborhoods photograph and report litter, built its entire backend on Firebase. The founders describe using Cloud Storage and Firestore to store user-submitted photos, Cloud Functions to validate submissions and auto-generate reports for agencies like San Francisco 311, and Firebase Authentication and Security Rules for privacy. They also credit Firebase's documentation and sample projects with cutting new engineer onboarding time by three times. The piece highlights a pilot program on San Francisco's Polk Street launched in August 2018 with community-led street cleanings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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