U.S. CITIES CATCHING THE RFID WAVE TO CASH IN ON RECYCLING EFFORTS

摘要

Turning trash into cash is at the heart of all well-designed municipal recycling systems, and the U.S. cities of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Grand Rapids, Mich., have been cleaning up in a big way since implementing RFID (radio frequency identification)-based technology to optimize their critical waste management processes. Using two-wheeled recycling and trash containers mounted with the RFID xtreme tags from the Grand-Rapids-based Xtreme RFID-a division of Canmore, Alta.-headquartered Cascade Engineering Group-the RFID system comprises an on-board truck data collection system with RFID readers and Capturit antennas in the hopper; an industrial PC with optional screen and GPS and GSM transceiver placed in the cab; and back-office software.