Keep Sweden Clean is a non-profit foundation, which looks at how the collection of rubbish and waste should be handled in order to reduce litter in public spaces in the best possible way. BM System and Bintel have been actively working on Sweden's largest installation of connected waste bins since the first of April. Through data collection and route optimization, the conditions are created for better waste collection and a reduced amount of littering.
- "Using sensors in bins, we measure the level of waste volume and together with machine learning in Bintel's platform, we generate insights with which a route optimization can be done. We see clear results, in all projects with connected bins in public environments, that this solution contributes to increased safety and reduced littering", says Michael Wictor, CEO of Bintel.
In a report published by Keep Sweden Clean, the results show that people's trust and confidence in various social actors can be damaged by littering that takes place in public outdoor environments. This, in turn, can also affect what is perceived as unsafe in the residential area, the neighbourhood and society at large. Data-driven waste management on the other hand
is often justified by reduced transport costs. In truth, this is often a smaller part of the overall savings in digitisation projects. We see that there are actually other more interesting effects in the results of the ongoing project where so far 435 bins have been connected with Bintel's solution and via BM System route optimization generate work orders for the bins that need to be emptied before they generate littering.
The results of phase one of the project speak for themselves:
- Reduced the number of bin emptying by about 27% (emptied when needed and
at least every 7 days for general supervision and to avoid environmental problems such as
smell) - Virtually no complaints about overflowing bins from the public anymore
- Significantly reduced littering in connection with connected bins
- Significantly more even workload for the performer i.e. equally long rounds per day
versus previously very long Mondays and Fridays
Project phase two will start in August and will focus on optimisation to further
reduce driving distances. Furthermore, based on the data generated Waste volume (or weight) it will be analysed to provide evidence regarding the size of
bins needed at different locations and whether the bins need to be rebalanced, i.e.
reduction/addition of bins at certain locations.
"This is another step for our intelligent management systems, where we can automatically generate demand-driven optimised trips using data from Bintel. It's great to see the positive effects of digitalisation at such an early stage . Now we continue with step two where we focus on the environmental goals with a view to reduced climate impact and with the same performance quality" says Per Bergström, CEO of BM System.
For more information:
Mats Wärme, Business Developer at BM System
T: 0725-21 55 54
E: [email protected]
