Evolution of RFID technology in waste and Recycling Industry

Waste has emerged as one of the biggest problems of various households and businesses. Today waste management has become a matter of global problem. As a result, recycling along with pollution reduction efforts and resource conservation are implemented worldwide. Over the years, RFID solutions for waste industry have proved to streamline and improve efficiency in such programs. 


 Radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems were initially been used for paying as and when you throw waste and recycle collection programs. Asset tags were initially attached to the recycling and waste containers while data were been collected with the bins being full. This further alerts haulers for deploying a vehicle in order to empty bins. 

Efficient tracking of waste materials

However, RFID technology helps the recycling and waste industry in the tracking, management of work order along with repairs of waste containers. Research suggests there has been growth is the use of RFID tags, beneficial for managing carts and tracking collection service. Recycling carts are usually RFID tagged that helps in monitoring participation levels by street, individual homes and route.

RFID technology allows automated tracking along with real-time verification of a cart throughout its span. This technology further collects collection data of RFID cart, allowing managers to monitor several aspects of route operations such as missed stops, route progress, and vehicle condition and so on. These help in tracking real-time data, further improving safety, fleet productivity and availability. 

Improved route planning 

The past few years has witnessed several additions such as route driver inputs, on-board cameras and others. The integration of RFID solutions with GPS, telematics systems, cellular and GPS helps in improving route planning and efficient real-time vehicle monitoring. 

Thus, we can see from the above-mentioned points that RFID technology is the next-door solution in reducing waste. With its improved collection, disposal along with traceability of waste materials, RFID tags aids in solving the age-old problem of waste accumulation.

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