Compression containers

Introduction

Solar bins on the streets of Prague

Prague has tested modern waste containers that are more efficient and friendly to the environment than classic garbage bins due to the compression ability and due to the fact that they provide data about their fulness. As part of the six-month pilot project, thirty trial solar containers powered by photovoltaic panels were installed in the center of Prague in the second half of 2017. They draw energy from photovoltaic panels. In comparison with standard garbage bins, they reduced the number of garbage collections by 95%. Moreover, the surroundings of these containers remained clean and waste was not laying around. And the environment was happy as well since the collection trucks had to make less trips, thus combusting less exhaust gases.

Features

  • Compressing inserted waste.
  • Submitting fulness data to the waste collection company.

Benefit

  • Maximal utilization of the inner part of the bins.
  • Clean city.
  • Waste collection cost optimization.
  • Reduced environmental burden.
  • Data collection for further use and optimization of the public space.
 

Map

Waste collection statistics

Data utilization

The data from this pilot project can be used for, for example, calculating the investment return period related to acquiring additional compression baskets by other partners.

Recommendation on behalf of the data area

The given contractor has to be able to access the fulness messages submitted by the garbage bins via API. These messages will be aggregated by the ICT Operator or Pražské Služby as an instruction to collect the garbage from the bin.

Data resources

Compression containers

Kompresní koše (pilot)

Jednotlivé události svozu nádoby.

Datové soubory
Name Format
Jednotlivé události svozu nádoby CSV STÁHNOUT
Cataloging entry
Label Value
Periodicita aktualizace bez aktualizace
Dokumentace DOCUMENTATION
Licence Creative Commons CCZero
Poskytovatel dat Operátor ICT a.s.
Odkaz do katalogu http://opendata.praha.eu/dataset/kompresni_kose_pilot