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Wheaton, Illinois, recently began to adopt the RFID waste tracking system provided by LRS. The city signed a five-year contract covering residential waste collection and RFID technology tracking of household waste bins.
For the past 17 years, LRS has been providing waste disposal and recycling services for the Greater Chicago Area. Beginning in 2015, the company’s first highland park PAYT (pay by amount of garbage) waste treatment project used RFID technology. In the PAYT project, each household needs to pay according to the amount of garbage thrown away.
(In front of each LRS truck, the vertical arm where the hopper is installed is equipped with an RFID reader)
Bill Kenney, LRS city manager, said: “This technology will help simplify the payment process. We think RFID technology is very suitable for this city, where most residents use the PAYT system.”
Hayley Garard, the city administrator of Highland Park, said that the city began to provide PAYT services in 1993.
Before using RFID technology, the PAYT system had some inconveniences. Citizens need to buy paper sticky notes from local stores and attach them to trash cans. When the staff emptied the trash can, they would collect these sticky notes simultaneously. The PAYT system judges the amount of garbage generated by residents based on the number of collected sticky notes.
With RFID technology, residents no longer need to buy sticky notes. However, large garbage such as electrical appliances, electronics or yard waste will still be marked with sticky stickers.
Since 2010, Gaolu Park has adopted a sustainable development strategy, and solid waste disposal is an important part of it. She said: “We believe that the project will encourage residents to reduce waste, and the use of RFID technology will increase the number of residents using the service.”
In the LRS system, each trash can is attached with an EPC Gen2 UHF RFID tag. The unique ID number of the tag is bound to the size and type of the trash can, and this information is stored in the LRS server. When a new user purchases a trash can, LRS will also bind the resident address and the ID number of the trash can.
In front of each LRS truck, the vertical arm where the hopper is installed is equipped with an RFID reader, so that when the trash can is emptied, the reader can read the trash can tag ID number. The reader will transmit the data to the server via WiFi. The reader will also store the time and date the RFID tag was read. The system is also integrated with the payment system.
The RFID system brings certain competitive advantages to LRS. Kenney said: “The garbage disposal industry does not lack competitors, and the Chicago area is no exception. We must provide unique value to gain market share. The system provides users with a better way to pay for waste disposal and recycling services. “
Garard said: “Since the use of the RFID system in the High-Low Park on August 1, citizens have been very satisfied with the changes brought about by the system. Users can calculate how much money the PAYT system has saved based on the system data.”
Like Highland Park, Wheaton has always used a sticky-based PAYT system in the past. Starting from October 1, the city will also start using RFID-based trash can tracking services.
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