Telefonica Tech and Ecoembes unveil the bin of the future

Digital transformation firm Telefonica Tech and environmental organisation Ecoembes have teamed up to produce a series of 5G enabled ‘smart bins’ in Spain.
This project has seen 16 containers deployed in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona.
The ‘smart yellow bins’ identify what trash is being deposited into them via a barcode reader ring, and that information is transmitted to a data analysis centre via 5G narrow band connectivity, supplied by Telefonica Tech.
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