Tender challenges / Maribor
Maribor is the second-largest city in Slovenia and is home to the second largest university in the country. To address environmental issues, Maribor has partnered with neighbouring municipalities to form the Joint Environmental Protection Service (SSVO). In 2018, a new Automated Sorting Plant for municipal solid waste was built by a waste utility company owned by the city, with the capacity to sort 52,000 tons of waste per year.
Envisaged solution
Maribor is looking for socio-technical systems based on smart combinations of software and hardware (such as IoT sensors and ML/AI services) that collect relevant data from the waste collection process and use it to improve citizen engagement in waste selection and differentiation at source. Specifically, sensing devices may use computer vision and machine learning algorithms capable of identifying various waste fractions / types in the waste collection phase (i.e., as an upgrade to the garbage truck, or alternative options). The general public can be empowered by sharing and visualising process data and information, by facilitating proper communication, awareness raising and education and thus reducing mixed waste production and improving waste sorting and recycling rates.
Information on the location of the experimentation
The experimentation area includes settlements of individual houses in the municipality of Maribor. These are located on the right bank of the Drava River. The settlements of Pobrežje, Brezje, Dogoše, Zrkovci, Tezno, Studenci and Magdalena are included. The area includes approximately 6,000 home addresses. The locations stretch diagonally in a direction from southeast (lat. 46.5155°, lon. 15.7134°) to northwest (lat. 46.5681°, lon. 15.6035°).
Citizens separate and collect in their households mixed municipal waste, biological waste, waste packaging, paper and cardboard, and glass packaging. Depending on the type of fraction, waste is collected at different frequencies. Mixed municipal waste is collected every three weeks. Waste is collected with conventional bins (HDPE) and garbage trucks (with a push plate and a rotating drum).
The included locations are shown on the following map.
Location of the experimentation area (urban settlements in the municipality of Maribor)
Specific requirements
- Solutions that promote datasets creation, including data acquisition by IoT sensors and the collection of real time environmental data
- Solutions that allow relevant data visualisations, both for remote monitoring purposes and to improve decision making
- Solutions that integrate created datasets and embed visualisation functions in a single tool
- Solutions that embed gamification and/or educational aspects, such as general or specific advice on how to improve one’s own behaviour, understand data visualisations, etc
- Solutions that are promptly available as applications (for smartphones and tablet PCs, on Android and/or IOS operating systems).
Minimum requirements
To participate to the tender, please read our tender documentation, this page is a simple overview about the Maribor challenge. To visit the documentation, click on the green button below.
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