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Trash cans and recycling bin company Toter has launched a new automated assembly and delivery (A&D) service that will utilize passive EPC Gen 2 UHF RFID tags embedded in the production of trash cans. The program, called ToterTrax, includes providing consumers with trash cans with built-in tags and using RFID readers to collect field data. The program also uses an application and an online website to show users information about when and where the trash can was delivered.
A&D service is only the first stage of the company’s future RFID products. In the future, these data will be used to track trash bin-related matters, such as maintenance, maintenance and measuring the weight of items in the recycling bin. Companies can also use the solution to analyze and provide this information to transporters and municipalities to help improve transportation efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance.
(During the production process, Toter will embed an Alien Squiggle RFID tag in the handle of the box)
For the past 30 years, Toter has been selling trash cans nationwide. The company’s customers are city governments and private transporters. In the past few years, the company has begun to embed Alien Squiggle passive EPC Gen2 RFID tags on the handles of every trash can. By creating an electronic profile for each item and binding it to the tag’s unique ID number, the company can automatically check whether the customer has received the trash can and when.
In addition, the company has been considering other beneficial uses for consumers. First, municipalities and transport companies can use this technology to bind each trash bin to a specific placement location. In the past, this was achieved through paper records. Recently, with the use of trash cans with built-in tags, workers can use a handheld reader to read the tag number, and then office employees can enter the information to bind.
DiFoggio said: “Therefore, we provide an A&D system that can realize automatic data collection and display to customers.”
With the new ToterTrax system, Squiggle tags will be embedded when the trash can is manufactured, and the ToterTrax software will trigger the RFID reader to read the tag ID number and write the trash can serial number into the memory. The serial number and EPC number will be stored in the software together.
Toter provides customers with trash cans or directly to the place of use. After the delivery staff unload the trash can from the truck, they use a handheld UHF RFID reader to read it, communicate with the ToterTrax application via Bluetooth, and then the reader will list the trash cans that need to be unloaded.
At the delivery location, the delivery staff opens the application and selects a suitable location. Then, they can use a handheld reader to read the tag ID number and the serial number of the trash can and write them into the tag. This information will be transmitted to the cloud server via the cellular network. The tablet will not only send RFID data, but also a GPS address so that the customer can know the exact location of the trash can.
At the same time, managers can log on to the server to view the progress of the trash can delivery. DiFoggio said that the company currently uses a variety of off-the-shelf RFID readers.
In this way, employees can better manage the progress of the trash can delivery and track the location and time that may be lost. In addition, when residents want to know the delivery time of the trash can, the manager only needs to log in to the software to know the real-time location of the trash can.
The next phase will be launched this evening. At that time, municipalities and operators can apply maintenance or replacement work orders. The customer’s employees can enter data with descriptions and pictures of the damage simply by using the reader. In this way, Toter can view the tasks that need to be completed in the application.
DiFoggio explained: “The system allows end users to track the entire life cycle of trash cans. This is just the beginning. We have spent a lot of time understanding user needs. Currently, a private transporter and a city government are beginning to use A&D services.”
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