Household Waste and Recycling Support Mobile App

Albion Environmental Ltd是一家环境咨询公司，提供废物部门的管理支持和培训，定期与地方当局和私营废物管理公司合作。我们已经确定了理事会的废物收集服务经常出现的问题，因此，我们设计了一个项目，将改善理事会和住户之间的沟通。理事会和住户之间的沟通不良产生的一些关键问题包括：垃圾箱数量增加导致收集时间表复杂，以及回收指导不足和回收计划不一导致污染率高，造成混乱在议会之间。发现的其他问题包括垃圾箱收集丢失，由于恶劣天气和公共假期而延迟/取消，以及人员配备和机械问题延迟收集。由于目前的沟通方法有很大的缺陷，因此需要改进。理事会在网站上发布的信息不能直接到达住户手中，邮寄纸质副本非常昂贵，无法提供最新信息，也不环保。我们已经确定了一个项目，可以帮助解决上述所有问题，同时带来额外的短期和长期利益。该项目将开发一个应用程序，这将有直接的好处，以理事会和住户.住户将受益于有;* 容易访问的日历，每个垃圾桶收集日，包括电话通知.*一个可搜索的废物类型列表，详细说明垃圾桶废物项目的正确颜色，应放置在。理事会将受益于有;* 通过提供直接链接到居民，提高客户参与度。*提高回收率，减少污染，带来环境和经济效益。由于员工短缺、故障或恶劣天气而导致的服务变更通知。该系统可以在每个英国理事会实施，应用程序将更新以反映他们的回收计划。这将有助于通过提供全面的指导来降低污染率，减少垃圾箱收集时间表的混乱，并为议会提供与居民的直接联系。这可用于发送推送通知，详细说明由路线变化、恶劣天气、人员配备问题、公共假期等引起的当前收集系统的任何变化。拥有该应用程序将非常有利于处理新冠肺炎等事件，其中需要在短时间内对收集进行重大更改。我们的应用程序将为议会提供直接访问，向公众，使他们能够以更直接和更有效的方式相比，目前的方法中继变化.一个应用程序现已开发，解决了所有上述问题，并将推出南艾尔郡理事会的居民十一月初. 2020.这项扩展工作的目的是首先加快向英国所有废物收集机构推出这款应用程序，其次改善废物搜索设施，以提高回收率。这就需要我们与超市和废物生产商以及回收部门进行合作，因为那里有一些令人兴奋的机会。我们将利用谷歌透镜、摄影识别技术、人工智能、游戏技术等工具进行额外的研究，以建立一个“维基”类型的系统来识别产品及其回收/处理路线。

Albion Environmental Ltd is an environmental consultancy firm providing management support and training in the waste sector, regularly working with local authorities and private waste management companies. We have identified recurring issues with council's waste collection services and as a result we have designed a project that would improve communication between councils and householders.Some of the key issues that have arisen from poor communication between councils and householders include; confusion caused by complicated collection schedules due to increasing number of bins and high contamination rates due to inadequate recycling guidance and varying recycling schemes across councils. Other issues identified include missed bin collections, delays/cancelations due adverse weather and public holidays, and staffing and mechanical issues delaying collections.There is a need for improvement as current communication methods have significant draw backs. Councils posting on websites does not directly reach householders and mailing paper copies is very expensive, cannot provide updated information and is not environmentally friendly.We have identified a project that would assist with all of the above issues while bringing additional short- and long-term benefits. This project will develop an app which will have immediate benefits to both the councils and householders.Householders will benefit from having;* Easily accessible calendar for each bins collection day, including phone notifications.* A searchable list of waste types detailing correct colour of bin waste items should be placed in.Council's will benefit from having;* Improved customer engagement by providing direct link to residents.* Increase recycling rates and reduced contamination, bringing environmental and economic benefits.* Push out notifications for changes in service due to staff shortages, breakdowns or adverse weather.This system could be implemented in every UK council and the app would be updated to reflect their recycling practises. This would help to reduce contamination rates by providing comprehensive guidance, reduce confusion around bin collection schedules and provide councils with a direct link to its residents. This could be used to send push notifications detailing any changes to current collection systems caused by; route changes, adverse weather, staffing issues, public holidays etc.Having the app in place would be hugely beneficial for dealing with events such as Covid 19, where significant changes in collections have been required at short notice. Our app would provide councils with direct access, to the public, allowing them to relay changes in a more direct and efficient manner compared to current methods.An app has now been developed which addresses all the above issues and will be rolled out to residents of South Ayrshire Council early Nov. 2020. The aim of this extended work is to firstly speed up the roll out of this app to all waste collection authorities in the UK and secondly to improve the waste search facility to improve recycling rates. This will require us to engage with supermarkets and waste producers and also to the recycling sector, where there are some exciting opportunities.We will carry out additional research using tools such as google lens, photographic identification techniques, AI, gaming technology to establish a “wiki” type system to identify products and their recycling / disposal route.