Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Water & Environmental Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
School of Environment, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, P.O. Box 14155-6135, Tehran, Iran.
Sci Total Environ. 2023 Aug 15;886:163925. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163925. Epub 2023 May 8.
Population growth and changing consumption patterns make waste management a significant global challenge. Studies evaluated that by 2050 almost 67 % of the Earth's population will live in megacities, which guides the requirement of smart assistance to answer the citizens' demands. Waste collection is an efficient IoT service that takes advantage of cost and energy efficiency. The fundamental end of this study is a review of utilizing IoT for waste collection to introduce technologies for waste collection in an eco-friendly method. This study investigated information and communication technologies (ICTs), including spatial, identification, acquisition, and data communication technologies. It also reviews several energy harvesting technologies for more cost reduction. The results showed that applying these technologies reduces costs and energy usage and can change the future of waste management.
人口增长和消费模式的变化使得废物管理成为一个全球性的重大挑战。研究评估表明，到 2050 年，地球上将近 67%的人口将居住在特大城市，这就需要智能辅助来满足市民的需求。废物收集是一种利用成本和能源效率的高效物联网服务。本研究的基本目的是回顾利用物联网进行废物收集，以介绍环保的废物收集技术。本研究调查了包括空间、识别、采集和数据通信技术在内的信息和通信技术（ICT），还回顾了几种节能的能量收集技术，以进一步降低成本。结果表明，应用这些技术可以降低成本和能源消耗，并可能改变废物管理的未来。
