The new Kangas residential area in Jyväskylä will integrate smart functions in waste management in the city’s Circwaste sub-project. Locked, deep collection container groups that open with residence-specific sensors are supplied by Molok Oy. Information is obtained on the amount of waste produced by the households, and it can then be utilised in waste invoicing, for example, that encourages sorting.
“The idea is that at least mixed and biowaste invoicing could be based on the visits to the bin. At the first stage, we are studying this by means of a game,” says Tanja Oksa, liaison manager at the City of Jyväskylä.
The Kangas area developers are considering a sensor system, for monitoring the container filling level. “The waste bin could tweet, ‘I’m full today, please use another bin’.”
Poems and waste
As part of the city district's culture, art, for example, can be combined with the waste bins in the future. It can be interactive, as well. “The bins could sing or recite poetry,” explains Anu Hakala, managing director of Kankaan Palvelu Oy, the company responsible for waste management design and maintenance.
At present, mixed, bio, metal, paper, cardboard and glass waste are collected to the bins. The developers are thinking whether also the recycling of plastic packages could be arranged. Likewise, a compression system has been in the designs for the container doors.
“We are eager to be a piloting area,” Oka and Hakala comment. They hope that communality can result in ideas from the residents. “The residents’ propositions could implement the idea of sharing economy. For example, borrowing a 20-person tableware set from a neighbour. Kangas has the framework for resource-smartness to grow and bloom.”
Circwaste-magazine 1/2017