Namur bins are now connected, equipped with a sensor: but what's the point?

A pilot project has started in 4 Walloon municipalities: sensors equip public bins, and allow to follow the evolution of their filling. This prevents them from overflowing and moving around for nothing. Example in Namur.

On the top of the trash is a photovoltaic sensor, which powers the battery of the device. A probe makes it possible to follow the evolution of the filling.

"The small eye at the sensor will be able to emit ultrasonic waves and capture, collect the level of filling at the level of the trash", explains Alban Bouvy, Project Manager for ASBL Be Wapp.

The information is sent to the person in charge of the garbage collection and an application maps the situation.

"You have on the screen garbage cans that are geolocated on the territory of the city of Namur.The yellow pellet states that the trash is almost full, that is to say a filling rate of 75%. green indicate empty bins "says Benoit Bastien, director of the non-profit badociation Be Wapp.

The will is not to waste time with empty bins and prevent them from overflowing. At first, the city of Namur wants to equip a trash can on 10, then generalize the system, if it works.

"Will have to see to use, notes Alain Hobe, communal agent. Because if we're here and it sounds to Wépion. "

Thanks to the connected bins, the tours are better organized. "To be able to tell the communal workers who will empty the bins, tell them which bins they must empty, and in this way, optimize their journeys"

The project plans to track 500 bins for a year? The device also allows to be alerted if one of them catches fire.