Irish waste companies are rolling out bin-imaging systems that photograph household bin contents to identify sorting mistakes and remind residents to properly sort waste. Panda trialled the system with 52,000 customers and reported fewer than 0.05% of customers raised issues, with the company addressing each concern. Greyhound has followed Panda in adopting the cleaner bin imaging technology and other firms are monitoring its performance for potential future adoption. The technology aims to reduce contamination of recyclables and improve recycling rates amid rising waste volumes. Privacy concerns have been voiced and calls for regulation of the sector have increased.
We're working through each of those,
While technological innovations can be welcome, they must be subject to scrutiny and oversight, particularly when in the hands of private companies that are motivated by profit,
Capturing images that potentially contain personal data should not happen without proper regulation. And in the waste collection sector, there is none.
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