National Institute of Telecommunications (INATEL), Santa Rita do Sapucaí-MG 37540-000, Brazil.
Federal University of Piauí (UFPI), Teresina-PI 64049-550, Brazil.
Sensors (Basel). 2020 Apr 22;20(8):2380. doi: 10.3390/s20082380.
Global industry is undergoing major transformations with the genesis of a new paradigm known as the Internet of Things (IoT) with its underlying technologies. Many company leaders are investing more effort and money in transforming their services to capitalize on the benefits provided by the IoT. Thereby, the decision makers in public waste management do not want to be outdone, and it is challenging to provide an efficient and real-time waste management system. This paper proposes a solution (hardware, software, and communications) that aims to optimize waste management and include a citizen in the process. The system follows an IoT-based approach where the discarded waste from the smart bin is continuously monitored by sensors that inform the filling level of each compartment, in real-time. These data are stored and processed in an IoT middleware providing information for collection with optimized routes and generating important statistical data for monitoring the waste collection accurately in terms of resource management and the provided services for the community. Citizens can easily access information about the public waste bins through the Web or a mobile application. The creation of the real prototype of the smart container, the development of the waste management application and a real-scale experiment use case for evaluation, demonstration, and validation show that the proposed system can efficiently change the way people deal with their garbage and optimize economic and material resources.
全球产业正在经历重大转型，物联网（IoT）及其基础技术带来了新的范例。许多公司领导者正在投入更多的精力和资金来转变他们的服务，以利用物联网提供的优势。因此，公共废物管理的决策者也不甘落后，提供高效和实时的废物管理系统极具挑战性。本文提出了一种解决方案（硬件、软件和通信），旨在优化废物管理并将公民纳入其中。该系统采用基于物联网的方法，智能垃圾桶中的废弃废物被传感器持续监测，实时通知每个隔间的填充水平。这些数据存储在物联网中间件中，为收集提供信息，优化路线，并生成重要的统计数据，以便根据资源管理和为社区提供的服务，准确监测废物收集情况。公民可以通过网络或移动应用程序轻松访问有关公共垃圾桶的信息。智能容器的真实原型创建、废物管理应用程序的开发以及用于评估、演示和验证的实际规模实验案例表明，所提出的系统可以有效地改变人们处理垃圾的方式，优化经济和物质资源。
