CAM-24

Waste dumped outside the bin

The bins are full and the rubbish has been left beside them: boxes, bags and loose waste now cover the pavement and part of the road. The corner of the crossing is blocked.

CAM-24 · CONFIDENCE 90% · 6 CONTAINERS

What IRIS understands

What it recognises in this scene

overflowing bin
waste on the ground
bins
waste on the road
pedestrian
vehicle

The rule

You decide once. IRIS applies it always.

waste is left outside the bins

Duringmore than 2 hours

And alsoit spreads onto the pavement or the road

Then

alert the waste service
bring forward the collection at this point
measure how often it happens each month

The instruction that set it up«Tell me if rubbish is piling up outside the bins, and how long it has been there.»

What changes

What changes for whoever runs the city

The cleansing supervisor knows that spot overflows, but not at what hour or how many days in a row. The round leaves at the same time it did ten years ago, and the resident's complaint arrives when the bags are already on the crossing. With IRIS he gets the alert as soon as waste appears outside the bin, with how long it has been there. And with a month of history he can do what he cannot do today: order the round by what actually happens on the street, and ask for one more bin where it is needed, instead of paying for emergency clean-ups.

What people usually ask

Can IRIS tell that a bin is full without sensors inside it?

Yes, IRIS can tell that a bin is full without sensors inside it, from what can be seen from outside. It reads the camera image and recognises a lid propped open, bags leaning against the bin and waste on the ground around it. It does not measure the level inside the way a fill sensor would, but it does catch the effect that bothers residents and dirties the street. If the internal reading is needed, IRIS can work alongside sensors that are already there.

Can IRIS say which bins need emptying first tomorrow?

Yes, IRIS can say which bins are worth emptying first. Each site is logged with the time waste starts piling up outside it, so the round stops running street by street and starts running by overflow: first the one that gives way at six, then the one that holds out until mid-morning. What IRIS does not know is how heavy each bin is or how much fits in the truck; the service puts that in when it builds the round.

Does IRIS spot a sofa or a mattress dumped next to the bin?

Yes, IRIS spots a sofa or a mattress left next to the bin: a bulky object that appears and stays put is exactly the kind of change in the image it recognises. It is usually configured as a separate alert from loose bags, because a different service collects it, at a different time. Who receives each one is your call when the rule is defined.

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