Intelligent safety sensors are also installed which stop compaction if a hand is detected and, if fire is detected, will alert the monitoring station and automatically begin extinguishing the fire. Smart bins also use a solar-powered trash compactor which activates at a pre-set level, enabling them to hold a great deal more waste (up to 8 times) and avoid overflowing. On the basis of this data, waste collection services can optimise their routes and frequency.
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They have wireless ultrasonic fill-level sensors embedded inside which detect how full the bin is and then, through the IoT, this data is sent to a cloud-based monitoring and analytics platform. Smart bins are an intelligent waste management system. In this post, we will look at how smart bin technology is revolutionising waste management by reducing costs, easing logistics and improving the environment for everyone. One of those solutions is a new type of bin – the smart bin – which leverages the Internet of things (IoT) to provide a much more efficient way to manage waste.
This problem is not unique to Hong Kong either cities around the world are desperate to find solutions which can reduce the strain of waste management.
Of course, managing all this waste is costly, logistically difficult and time consuming for the government – and we pay the price in our taxes! According to the Hong Kong Government, around 6 million tonnes of municipal solid waste (MSW) is generated in the city every year and worryingly, with our consumption-led lifestyles, this figure is set to rise.