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exponential rate (0.26 kg/day A systematic and optimal n. Waste management
to 0.85 kg/day) (CPCB India, routing is necessary to apps:
2018a). There are embedded protect the environment This is an eco-friendly
health and environmental and also reduce the way of managing waste
risks which need immediate harmful emissions. and citizens can also be
attention by the decision- Therefore, route aware and contribute
makers and citizens too. optimization software to the efficiencies by
Technical interventions in low becomes essential to in form ing/ hel pin g
carbon waste management enable the mechanism locate bins to empty,
become necessary to monitor of collection of waste report of inconveniences
and manage this waste to following routes that are and other services. Too
mitigate the climate change. short and take minimum Good To Go, Site Buddy
Waste should be seen as time. This is a more are some of the useful
wealth when it is converted to efficient approach as well apps which can be
various forms of energy that as financially viable as installed in phones.
can help fulfil the city’s energy compared to the current o. AI waste sorter to recycle
needs. . A decentralized static routes. more:
waste management approach
needs to be followed keeping l. Sensors in Waste AI and robots can help in
in mind the density of the Collection Bins the end-to-end processes
population and segregation at IoT has enabled us in various stages right
the source. GPS-based Vehicle to monitor the waste from collection of waste
Tracking and Monitoring bins and plan waste to transporting the
System (VTMS) for SWM is collection by deploying waste, sorting and even
a good example from Indore fill detection sensors on in recycling. Various
smart city for other cities the dustbins sending companies, start-ups are
to adapt these technologies alerts to operators and investing time and money
for making life easier and authorities when full and in curating innovative
tech solutions to loosen
efficient. VTMS does online in need of service. the cost on trash and
real-time monitoring of encouraging recycling.
garbage vehicle movements m. I ncentiv ise AI can provide analytics
in the city wherever they recycling of e-waste and insights into the type
travel to collect waste. An People can be incentivised of waste to be collected
exemplary use of a waste with monetary or which can be integrated
tracker which is integrated nonmonetary benefits in with fleet management
with the Central Command exchange of e-waste like solutions. Municipalities
and Control Centre (CCCC) in phones, tablets, batteries can have the advantage
the city. Some of the carbon- that will help in waste of making data-driven
free technologies in waste segregation. Collected decisions to monitor and
management which cities can e-waste can later be regulate waste collection
adopt are as follows: recycled and refurbished frequencies, routes and
instead of ending up in
k. Route Planning for the landfill. times of collections for
SWM Vehicles efficiency in the system.
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