India is going digital for a Swachh Bharat. An alert will soon tell when to empty trash cans

Like the US, India will soon have a system in place which will send alerts to sanitation workers when the trash cans will be full.

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan got a Digital India touch and it is likely that solar-powered trash cans will be developed which will send alerts when it is time to empty the dustbins.

This technology is already in place in 47 other countries.

The idea will be implemented through Internet of Things (IoT) and the Indian government plans a solution for installing these devices on solar-powered trash cans in major cities.

The government, in a post, stated waste management is an important requirement for ecologically sustainable development. Efficient sorting of waste is a major issue in today's society.

"To assist the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan initiative, projects may be set up to create products which are solar-powered trash receptacle and trash compactor that alerts sanitation crews of municipal authorities, when it is full," the post under Digital India project read.

Meanwhile, the trash cans overseas are installed by Big Belly and work on a cloud-based web application.

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