Abstract
Abstract. Ciudad Limpia Valdivia is a Web and Mobile application which attempts to tackle some of the Municipality of Valdivia in Chile’s waste collection issues. It is based on Free and Open Source Software and it is currently in the last stage of prototyping. The tool is expected to improve the communication between the users and the service provider. It also has educational materials about waste management and other related environmental issues to guide the users to minimize the waste production and optimize the way it is handled before it is collected. The main features of the solution are: a dynamic map viewer showing the position of the Municipality’s waste collection trucks and estimated future trajectories, a form to report illegal dumping microsites, notifications from the Municipality about the status of the service, educational content and contact list of other independent initiatives related to waste collection. The potential impact of the tool was evaluated on the city’s test pilot sector by means of a neighbourhood survey. It showed that the solution might have a positive impact in the coordination in terms of the service operation. The estimation of the trucks’ future trajectory will be developed using machine learning or computational intelligence algorithms. The integration of FOSS technologies has been essential to address challenges found during development as well as to adapt the tool to new scenarios. The feedback from the Municipality and the community has proved to be very important to define a concrete solution.
Highlights
Waste disposal management is still a challenge for any city (Ferronato and Torretta, 2019, McGrath, 2019)
Ciudad Limpia Valdivia is a Web and Mobile application which attempts to tackle some of the aforementioned issues for the Municipality of Valdivia in Chile. It is based on Free and Open Source Software and it is currently in the last stage of prototyping
The system maintains a database with contact information accessible by the users through the web or mobile application
Summary
Waste disposal management is still a challenge for any city (Ferronato and Torretta, 2019, McGrath, 2019). As it was mentioned earlier, the Municipality has not yet implemented waste segregation procedures. Several private initiatives from individuals to small and medium sized companies are providing recollection services for segregated waste such as glass, paper, organic material suitable to produce compost, electrical and electronic appliances, batteries and oil For these providers, the system maintains a database with contact information accessible by the users through the web or mobile application. In particular the interface to the real-time GNSS based position of the waste recollection trucks, the web and mobile applications, the interface to integrate information from the Municipality and the route estimation component will be briefly described next.
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