Project description
Redefining waste management through smart technologies
The immense waste production and its unsustainable management contribute critically to climate change and affect gravely the natural environment, public health, and the transition to the circular economy. As a result, there is a growing need for innovative waste management tools. The EU-funded SENS project will introduce a smart enterprise-grade waste management solution to efficiently manage the waste lifecycle, improve the environment and well-being of people. Implementing the dynamic waste collection, the project aims at significantly reducing overall waste collection cost and carbon emission. Introducing solutions facilitating the easy deployment of automated pay-as-you-throw models in the European market, the project aspires to provide the ultimate evidence of the benefits of smart waste management technologies on the economy, operations, and environment.
Objective
The global waste production is estimated to be around 2.01bn tonnes of solid waste per year. This is expected to rise by almost 70% to 3.4 tonnes in 2050. As a result, the global smart management market is expected to grow to €2.8 bn by 2023, with CARG of around 17% in this period. Sensoneo responds to these trends by providing a smart enterprise-grade waste management solution for cities and businesses to cost-efficiently manage the waste lifecycle and improve the environment and well-being of people. Through its smart waste management technology, Sensoneo is redefining waste management. Sensoneo combines unique ultrasonic Smart Sensors that monitor waste in real-time using IoT or GSM with sophisticated software providing cities and businesses with data-driven decision making, and optimization of waste collection routes, frequencies and vehicle loads, resulting in overall waste collection cost reduction by at least 30% and carbon emission reduction up to 60% in cities. In this project, Sensoneo plans to tag all 110,000 bins in one EU capital and demonstrate its capability to provide full coverage and transparency, enabling waste management companies to monitor the waste production of individual households. Sensoneo would be the first market player in the world to unlock the pay-as-you-waste business model. Sensoneo also wants to finalize a prototype of its sensor with radar technology that can detect contamination of different types of waste, particularly with a focus on biowaste. Sensoneo would be the first solution to enable such detection, helping reduce harmful methane emissions. To achieve these goals, Sensoneo aims to conduct large scale piloting of its solution with two EU capitals – these references and overall proof of savings for the cities will help Sensoneo convince other cities to adopt its smart waste management solutions. Currently, cities are reluctant to invest in new technologies due to uncertain ROI and investment required for the transition.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste management
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensors
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringinformation engineeringtelecommunicationsradio technologyradar
- natural scienceschemical sciencesorganic chemistryaliphatic compounds
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SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinator
84106 Bratislava
Slovakia
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.