The smart bins also address a information-related problem. In the past, environmental sanitation workers spent hours driving around the city to check and empty hundreds of trash barrels. Some place full of peoples would fill up several times a day, while those in more remote areas, could go days or weeks before needing to be emptied. To make such routine checks unnecessary, the intelligent waste bin is outfitted with internal sensors and wireless technology. They automatically alert maintenance workers via email or short message when the bin is nearly full. Powerkeep's smart waste bins all communicate their real-time status and notify crews when they are ready to be collected.



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