"If I got a photo one day on my phone telling me I was putting the wrong rubbish in the wrong bin, I would find it a tiny bit creepy. But this is exactly what has happened to lots of people who have their bins collected by Panda."
"The waste management company is running what it calls a "Cleaner Bins Campaign". This involves placing cameras in the bin lorries that serve 80,000 customers in the greater Dublin area. As your waste is being tipped in, a photo is taken. Have you put empty cardboard boxes in the black bin when they should be in the green one? Has your potato peel gone into the green bin when it should be in the brown one? And so on. Erring customers are sent a photo and politely asked to change their ways."
Panda and Greyhound have installed cameras in bin lorries to photograph household waste during collection and identify incorrect sorting. The cameras operate as part of a Cleaner Bins Campaign covering about 80,000 customers in the greater Dublin area. Photos are taken as waste is tipped and are sent to customers when incorrect items are placed in the wrong bin. Examples include empty cardboard in the black bin instead of green, or food peelings in the green bin instead of brown. Recipients receive polite notifications asking them to change their disposal habits. The practice has raised concerns about privacy and a broader trend toward surveillance.
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