The Guardforce Smart Bin has been designed to fit seamlessly into theHong Kong Smart City Blueprint, to take the pressure off waste collection services as well as improve the environment for all. Councillor Day said: “We’re beginning a programme of installing intelligent sensors in more than 11,000 communal and litter bins across the city, which will give us extremely useful information about when bins are full, when they’re emptied and how often they’re used. They did not think we could make it … But after we won third place at the Hong Kong Student Science Project Competition, they became very supportive and offered a lot of help,” the team shared, adding that the device is currently in its third generation. This optional feature provides intelligent route navigation, so only containers that need servicing are picked up.

The bin currently has a 70 per cent accuracy rate sorting the recycled materials into different categories. The monitoring indicators allow the custodians to optimize their workflows and spend limited time while checking bins.The information on the site is not tailored advice to each individual reader and, as such, does not constitute actionable legal advice nor actionable financial advice. We were particularly impressed with the in-built binbag pocket, which you can use to dispense new bin bags into the waste section of the bin. The authorized people of the municipality on the issue of waste management can easily and clearly have communication with the driver in charge of their waste truck, and also with smart bin technology the waste truck driver can use the most optimized route so that none of the source of the municipality will be consumed. Because these rubbish-crunching bins are designed to be placed in public spaces, they come equipped with several safety features.

This would be a perfect fit for kitchens and bathrooms where opening and closing the dustbin lid would be hassle, since it is both waterproof and height-adjustable. This baseline is where sustainability teams can work from to generate waste reduction programs and monitor results. Smart City Lease is a leasing company specialised in making things easier for businesses and municipalities by offering lease contracts for our waste bins. A waste compactor reads a waste bin’s fill-level in real-time by using sensors and then triggers automatic compaction. Enter smart bins: intelligent waste management systems that use the Internet of Things (IoT) to collect data and maximise space for public rubbish.We can combine the smart bin data with other data as well, such as information taken from footfall cameras in about 30 locations around the city," says Forth. Citizens are encouraged to recycle glass, metal, paper and plastic to help make the environment greener to build a sustainable future. In the progress towards becoming a smart city making use of big data analyses to help enhance operations and monitoring to create long-term benefits for the society, smart waste management is easily as important as smart security, smart traffic or smart energy. There is also a 5-second visible countdown on top of the dustbin to indicate when the lid is closing. The reason why we scratch our heads when we find waste in our oceans is because there is no way for us to track where it came from.

Our ambition is to create a comprehensive overview and provide actionable innovation intelligence for your Proof of Concept (PoC), partnership, or investment targets. They have built self-confidence through the competition, and that confidence is essential to their learning, as it allows them to truly engage in the process,” she said. Cleanliness and Space Saving: The touchless mechanism maintains cleanliness and its slim profile perfectly fits any space. The only households where this bin might not fit so well are those with lots of people because the buckets can fill quite quickly on days when you’re going through a lot of waste. Operation that requires little maintenance and is hands-free, with a battery life of up to 14 months.We think the legs look great, but it’s worth considering that they do give the bin a fairly low capacity relative to its footprint. We can also not guarantee that the information you read is up to date from a legal or financial perspective. They provide data-driven solutions for planning collection visits and optimising collection routes, which helps organisations save time and money. We always strongly recommend that you get professional advice when seeking support on any topic, particularly legal and/or financial advice.