Miami – Garbage management in Miami is moving with high technology.
In South Florida’s Garbage Dump – Some garbage dumps and recycling services have stopped in some cities – there is pressure to get a handle on how to manage our garbage.
And the city of Miami is testing innovations that include cameras in landfills that have helped millions of Fortune 500 companies save their carbon footprint.
“I think this will be good for Miami, and I think it will serve as a model for how the rest of the country can follow,” said Jason Gates, chief technology officer at Compology.
The company is a San Francisco-based company dedicated to helping you better manage your garbage, save money, and save the planet.
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Here’s how it works – smart cameras are installed in trash cans and take photos several times a day. Using artificial intelligence, they measure how much waste there is and what kind of waste there is.
“What we are doing is using accurate information from the building to determine the service plan that the building needs,” Gates said. “Doing so typically reduces the number of meetings by 30-40%, which translates into travel costs and travel miles and carbon emissions.
“Garbage has a huge impact on carbon emissions,” he added. As a result, we are reducing our carbon footprint by reducing the number of miles traveled and the amount of waste going to the garbage can.
In other words, with this new technology, garbage cans will only be used to fill up on time, rather than regular garbage cans.
“The only thing worse than flooding cans is the collection of empty cans. So this will solve that problem, ”said City Commissioner Ken Russell.
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Russell greened the pilot program by installing the cameras in 40 landfills. The goal is to help reduce not only costs but also gas emissions by 60%, making Miami carbon-neutral by 2050.
“One of the things we can do is change our behavior,” says Russell. “How many big vehicles do we have on the road and how often? So if we can make our garbage ships, our city ships, more efficient, the big carbon footprint in Miami will change.
It is also a game-changer. By identifying the debris in the trash before it is repaired, the wrong items can be corrected if they are placed in the wrong bowl.
The technology then sends a text message to the building maintenance manager.
Gates said, “There is a picture of the unwanted material in there and it explains that the item is there and please remove it before the truck arrives the next morning.”
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Russell said: “We can send messages to building managers that a lot of your waste will be recycled. Can you work on this? ”
The technology works. For the past 10 years, Compology has been helping corporate giants such as Apple, Google, Oracle and MacDonald – and save them up to 40% on waste disposal costs.
“They save $ 6,000 to $ 7,000 a year in one restaurant,” says Gates, referring to McDonald’s.
If Miami succeeds in the test race and decides to move around the city, it will be the first city in the nation to implement such a program.
“The old thinking doesn’t work,” says Russell. “It’s a waste of gas, a waste of taxpayer money. If technology is the smartest way to handle waste, we must do it.
The trial program lasts 60 days and is of no value to the city. If the city moves forward, the service will cost about $ 30 a month in a landfill.
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But do the math. Miami currently spends $ 41 million a year on waste management. This can save the city by 30-40% and, most importantly, help the city achieve zero carbon emissions and better management for reuse.
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