Over 7000 smart bins deployed for fast waste collection – The Peninsula

Over 7000 smart bins deployed for fast waste collection – The Peninsula

Doha, Qatar: Contributing to the State’s efforts to transform Qatar into a world-class smart city by adopting the latest digital solutions, the Ministry of Municipality has installed tracking devices in 7,000 containers and 1,000 vehicles to build an efficient waste collection and management system, said a top official.

“The Ministry is implementing a project to track containers, cleaning vehicles, machines and equipment,” said Director of Projects and Development Department at the Ministry of Municipality Suleiman Al Abdullah while highlighting the achievements of the Ministry in 2023.

Speaking to Qatar TV recently, he said that about 90 percent of the project has been completed.

“Under the project tracking sensors have been installed in 7,000 waste containers and 1,000 cleaning vehicles,” said Al Abdullah.

Sensors measure the level of waste containers and send the info to a data management system about the level of waste and the last collection. Vehicles will only collect full or overdue containers.

Al Abdullah said that the Ministry attached great importance to digital transformation by setting up the Digital Transformation and Institutional Excellence Committee led by the Minister of Municipality.

He said that another major project of the Ministry is to develop about 400 services through digital transformation in a bid to provide