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Smart Trashcans Expanding Internationally

The Swachh Bharat campaign could soon get a digital accessory. The Centre may use its Digital India project in conjunction with the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to have solar-powered trash cans like in many US cities which send alerts to sanitation crews once they are full. If this happens, the question on when to empty trash cans will not remain a guessing game. Such a solution, which combines solar energy and information technology was launched in the US and 47 other countries by a firm named Big Belly, which was named the 'Top Smart City' application in the 2015 Internet of Things Awards.

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