3/11/2023 0 Comments Smart trash bins![]() Government-led facial recognition systems in the country are rapidly being increased in private spaces raising concerns over personal privacy and data security. The efforts are part of China’s national drive to increase recycling and reduce waste by 2020, an admirable goal but one many wish did not involve surveillance technologies like facial recognition. The installation of smart-bins in Beijing comes after Shanghai made it compulsory for people and businesses to sort their garbage into four types from July 1st 2019. In order to reduce the cost of collecting and transporting kitchen waste, the bins are also equipped with a treatment facility to decompose it. The daily output of one of the smart bins is said to be about 5 tons of garbage, including around 1 ton of kitchen waste. ![]() According to Chunming, there are more than 2,100 households in the partaking community, 50 percent of which are participating in the scheme. Sun Chunming, director of the Property Service Center of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, is responsible for the management of residential property. ![]() Smart-bins on Desheng Street, Xicheng District, Beijing. The bins have 7 waste categories: paper, plastic, metal, textile, kitchen waste, and other garbage. Those who fail to sort their waste correctly are identified, though it’s unclear if there’s any ensuing punishment.* Rewards include food and household products such as paper towels, salt and eggs. Unregistered residents can also open the trash can with a button but only residents can benefit from a rewards system which gives out “credits” for exemplary recycling behaviour.Īfter the trash has been weighed, corresponding reward credits are assigned. The coded bags are made handily available to local residents being sold in a vending machine near the bins. In addition, QR coded garbage bags help building management personnel figure out if the right trash has been dropped into the right bin. Once the bin has confirmed that the user is a resident, the lid opens and the recycled trash is weighed. When the registered residents of the community are disposing of garbage, the trash can automatically scans their face to identify them. Why? The face scanners come as part of a nascent government-led scheme to make sure that residents are recycling properly.Ī pilot programme in July this year saw 29 sets of “smart trash cans” installed at 16 points on Desheng Street, Xicheng District according to The Beijing News.īefore the smart equipment was put to use, all participating residents were registered and portraits were taken.
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