Smart Dumpster by Bradley E. Angell

As U. of California campuses must reach Zero-Waste by 2020, a Smart Dumpster was designed to increase efficiency, study waste patterns, and improve refuse reduction. Using Python, a prototype has been installed into operations with tentative success since July 2013. Demonstrating real-time data reporting, the talk will focus on the success, roadblocks and campus plans for the Smart Dumpster.

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1. Smart Dumpster Employing Python to Report Real-Time Resource Fill to Operation Managers Bradley E. Angell, PhD, LEED AP Grounds Analyst, Physical Plant, University of California at Santa Cruz Sunday, April 13, 2014
2. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell University of California at Santa Cruz
3. Resource Recovery at UCSC Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell
4. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell A Course to Zero-Waste by 2020 STATE OF CALIFORNIA POLICY GOALS California Overall: 75% Landfill Diversion by 2020 Cities, Counties and Solid Waste Districts must innovate to reach this difficult goal UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA GOALS UC System: 75% Landfill Diversion by 2014 Zero-Waste by 2020
5. 2,199 (62%) 2,782 3,677 2,799 (51%) 894 (24%) 1,369 1,805 (54%) 3,568 16,087 14,542 5,422 16,752 Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell UCSC Grounds Services Recycling Cardboard tons tons tons tons tons Food Waste 2,316 (57%) 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
6. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Innovation at Grounds Services on-fork scales scale processor on-board meter cell modem gps antennae
7. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell 179,679 pounds 68,190 pounds 62,384 pounds 81,666 pounds
8. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Pressure to Increase Process Capacity REFUSE Must go from 38% (1,300 Tons) to <5% (180 Tons) CARDBOARD Must maintain same 15% (540 tons) SORTED RECYCLE Must maintain 15%, improve CRV by 300% ORGANICS Must create complete system by 2020 System should handle >30% (1,100 Tons)
9. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Opportunity to Haul Differently EMPTY FULL VS
10. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Dumpster Service on Demand
11. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Massa Sonar Installation
12. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Sonar on the Cloud
13. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell A Python Solution in Concept ?
14. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell A Python Solution in Execution Python text html excel
15. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Testing the first Smart Dumpster
16. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Smart Dumpster as Component of Proposed System -50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 19-Aug 26-Aug 2-Sep 9-Sep 16-Sep 23-Sep 30-Sep 7-Oct 14-Oct 21-Oct 28-Oct 4-Nov 11-Nov 18-Nov 25-Nov 493 pounds 49 238 66 Driver Entry 36% 74% 5% Loadman Smart Dumpster 218 249
17. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Smart Dumpster as Tool for Rationalization -50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 19-Aug 26-Aug 2-Sep 9-Sep 16-Sep 23-Sep 30-Sep 7-Oct 14-Oct 21-Oct 28-Oct 4-Nov 11-Nov 18-Nov 25-Nov 493 pounds 49 238 66 Driver Entry 36% 74% 5% Battery Failure a b Loadman Smart Dumpster
18. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Business of Weight-based Resource Recovery Volumetric, Service-Oriented Resource Recovery Performance-based Contracting Weight-based Resource Recovery with On-Demand Dumpsters
19. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell After the Smart Dumpster: Compology
20. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Concerns and Drawbacks with Implementation Communications Battery Life Perception
21. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Bradley E. Angell Operations & Sustainability Dashboard Awareness Buildings Energy Procurement Water Food Habitats Waste Transportation
22. Smart Dumpster at UCSC Questions or Comments? Brad Angell bangell@ucsc.edu // @architectatlaw Acknowledgements: Roger Edberg, Senior Superintendent, Grounds Services, UCSC Dylan van Krieken, Python Programmer, Student, UCSC