Liverpool City Council is to trial a new generation of smart solar bins that reduces the need to empty them.
The solar-powered bins have sensor technology fitted and, when close to being full, a compactor is triggered to crush down the litter allowing the bin to take up to 100 per cent more litter than standard litter bins before it needs emptying.
Solar bins in key locations
The solar bins also send a signal to the waste depot when they are almost full, which improves the council’s collection efficiency, reducing both the time spent emptying bins and vehicle-related carbon emissions.
The first 20 bins will be installed over the coming weeks at a number of key locations across the city, to test them in a variety of sites including Lime Street piazza, Sefton Park, Newsham Park, Ranelagh Street, Whitechapel, outside Liverpool FC’s Anfield stadium and more.
In 2022, Liverpool City Council implemented the UK’s largest network of subterranean bins in areas where there were no alley ways to store wheelie bins. The 14 areas have seen an 80 per cent reduction in bin bag-related litter as well as a 50 per cent reduction in vermin reports.
This latest investment in new technology comes just weeks after the council agreed to adopt a hat-trick of new measures to tackle litter and tipping and improve its satisfaction levels for cleansing from 39 per cent closer to the national average of 61 per cent.
Read more: smartcitiesworld.net
Source: IOT NETWORK NEWS
