Edinburgh's council is planning to scrap regular collections for glass recycling by using sensors ... a 'smart city', also aims to reduce noise for residents who live near the communal bin areas.

Thanks to Oslo, Norway-based startup Sensorita, a new bin monitoring system can help optimize construction waste management, reports Environment+Energy Leader. Using smart sensors and digital twin ...

Councillor Bhupinder Gakhal, with Andy Moore, the council's public realm team leader, said it was a good use of technology Hundreds of sensors are to be added to public litter bins in ...

1,000 such smart bins will be set up in different parts of the city. Once they are full, the sensors will alert pick-up trucks which will then go to the spot and empty the bin. Each bin will have ...