Hundreds of trash bins in Sharjah will act as hotspots, allowing people to connect to WiFi from early next year, it was announced on Tuesday.
The announcement is in line with UAE Innovation Week, which ends on Saturday.
The solar-powered smart bins will be introduced by Sharjah environmental and waste management company Bee’ah.
Designed and built by US bin solutions company BigBelly, the units will be placed across Sharjah and the UAE in “prominent locations”, Bee’ah said.
This will make Sharjah “the first location in the Middle East to have smart bin technology with WiFi hotspot in parallel with leading cities such as London and New York.”
The bins will also have sensors to detect when the bin is full to communicate with the Bee’ah control room. This will allow the company’s waste management division, Tandeef, to make the necessary collection efficiently.
The solar panels also provide the energy required to operate the compactor, which allows the bins to collect five times more trash before needing to be emptied.
The new solar bins complement Bee’ah’s recently launched Tandeef Smart Eco-fleet, comprising low-noise electric vehicles and vehicles that use compressed natural gas to reduce the negative impact of CO2 emissions. (Gulf News)
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