Smart City Platform Development for an Automated Waste Collection System

Cicerone Laurentiu Popa, George Carutasu (), Costel Emil Cotet, Nicoleta Luminita Carutasu and Tiberiu Dobrescu
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Cicerone Laurentiu Popa: IMST Faculty, MSP Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Costel Emil Cotet: IMST Faculty, MSP Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Nicoleta Luminita Carutasu: IMST Faculty, MSP Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Tiberiu Dobrescu: IMST Faculty, MSP Department, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

Sustainability, 2017, vol. 9, issue 11, 1-15

Abstract: Nowadays, governments and companies are looking for solutions to increase the collection level of various waste types by using new technologies and devices such as smart sensors, Internet of Things (IoT), cloud platforms etc. In order to fulfil this need, this paper presents solutions provided by a research project involving the design, development and implementation of fully automated waste collection systems with an increased usage degree, productivity and storage capacity. The paper will focus on the main results of this research project in turning the automated waste collection system into a smart system so that it can be easily integrated in any smart city infrastructure. For this purpose, the Internet of Things platform for the automated waste collection system provided by the project will allow real time monitoring and communication with central systems. Details about each module are sent to the central systems: various modules’ statuses (working, blocked, needs repairs or maintenance etc.); equipment status; storage systems status (allowing full reports for all waste types); the amount of waste for each module, allowing optimal discharging; route optimization for waste discharging etc. To do that, we describe here an IoT cloud solution integrating device connection, data processing, analytics and management.

Keywords: waste management; smart city; waste collection system; WEEE; Internet of Things; sensors; cloud platform (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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