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Emptying underground waste containers

Municipality of Groningen

This algorithm can predict when an underground waste container needs to be emptied. Based on this, the driving route is determined for drivers.

Last change on 5th of January 2024, at 12:41 (CET) | Publication Standard 1.0
Publication category
Other algorithms
Impact assessment
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Status
In use

General information

Theme

Space and Infrastructure

Begin date

2004

Contact information

opendata@groningen.nl

Link to source registration

https://data.groningen.nl/dataset/algoritmeregister-gemeente-groningen

Responsible use

Goal and impact

The aim is to predict as best as possible when a container needs to be emptied. This is to avoid unnecessary trips by the drivers, but also to avoid containers being full and residents not being able to dispose of their waste.

Considerations

The advantage is that drivers need to drive less to empty the containers. This means less traffic in the city and fewer emissions. The disadvantage of this algorithm is that it only looks at the number of times a rubbish pass has been used and not at how full the container actually is.

Human intervention

Planners plan the driving route every day. The proposed driving route can be supplemented/adjusted in response to complaints from residents about certain containers, or, for example, due to unexpected absence of drivers.

Risk management

Failures of the system are monitored. Periodic inspections of the containers take place. In addition, anonymised household waste passes are used. As a result, it cannot be traced which residents deposit waste in a container.

Operations

Data

It looks at the number of times a rubbish card has been used at a specific container.

Links to data sources

Link naar website leverancier: https://wastevision.com/tardifweb/

Technical design

The number of times a rubbish card is read by the device at a container is tracked. The moment this number reaches a certain limit, the container is included in a driver's driving route.

External provider

WasteVision

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