Across the world, governments and companies are waking up to the potential of networked technologies to improve productivity and raise standards in the waste management and cleaning industries.
You may not be able to hear or see it, but around the island, thousands of litter bins, trash cans, and neighbourhood waste compactors are silently broadcasting to cleaning crews when they are full, beckoning to be emptied.
This is just one of the many ways that the Internet of Things is having a profound impact on daily public services, where ordinary, everyday objects such as waste bins and soap dispensers are networked and connected to each other and to the information superhighway. Amid rapid urban growth, the Internet of Things can make cleaning and waste management more efficient for healthier, more liveable cities.
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"Besides raising productivity, other benefits include new insights arising from the data thus collected through IoT systems, which could potentially open up new business opportunities." said Patrick Pang, chief technology officer, National Environment Agency (NEA)
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“The system not only facilitates the move towards needs-based waste collection, it also optimises the deployment of resources and improve service delivery,” Pang adds.
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One future trend is to integrate machines with buildings. That’s not a sinister cyborg future – a rather prosaic example Pang gives is allowing robotic floor scrubbers to ‘talk’ to a building’s lift system, so they can ride the lift and access all the building’s floors with no human operator needed.
And the IoT will deliver a mountain of data for as-yet-unforeseen uses.
Pang adds: “Besides raising productivity, other benefits include new insights arising from the data thus collected through IoT systems, which could potentially open up new business opportunities.”
See more at: eco-business.com
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