HOW THE CITY OF HATTIESBURG, MSCUT WASTE COLLECTION COSTS WITH RFID TECHNOLOGY

CARRIE ANGELICOSR. RFID CHANNEL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

THE NEED FOR TRACEABILITY

• Manual Operations

• No automated data collection

• No customer waste collection data, analysis, or reporting

• Manual truck and route management

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• No Validation of work performed or waste collected

TODAY’S WASTE MANAGEMENT FIRMS ARE OPERATING THE SAME WAY THEY DID 50 YEARS AGO!

A NEW WAY TO TRACK TRASH

• Think EZ Pass for Waste Haulers

• Like an Electronic Bar Code

• No Line of Sight Required

• “Automated” Reading

• Reads Multiple Items Simultaneously

• Read & Read/Write

RFID - RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION

HOW IT WORKS

Radio command signal issued from reader

Modified signal containing data returned

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Host Computer Reader Antennas RFID Tag

RFID BENEFITS FOR WASTE COLLECTION

RFID TAGGED WASTE CARTS

• Automated recording of customer waste collection

• Track truck/route movements and effectiveness

• Track recyclables compliance

• Align pickup data with billing data

RFID SYSTEM COMPONENTS

RFID TAGSMOLDED INTO

CARTS

RFID ANTENNAS ON OUTSIDE OF

TRUCK

ON-BOARD COMPUTER WITH APPLICATION SOFTWARE

RFID READER INSIDE TRUCK

Kirsti Nelson

Director of Marketing

HATTIESBURG CARTROLLOUT WORK

FLOW•Otto conducted pre-rollout exploratory meeting– 22,000 carts – half trash, half yard waste– Extras for inventory– Hang tag on cart to educate residents

•Hattiesburg sent Otto address file– 10,732 addresses– Otto validated address against government database

•RFID tag installed in cart at Otto plant– Scanned as it comes off machine to associate with cart serial number– Information downloaded into master database

•Carts delivered to homes over 4-week period– Carts scanned at curb to associate with address in database– End of day, data is synched with master file– Delivery Report and Exception Report generated each evening

•Master file to customer at end of rollout– Cart tag # associated to cart serial number,– Cart associated to residence address

ZEBRA SOLUTION PROVIDER

TRUCK OPERATIONS

FIELD OPERATIONS

OFFICE OPERATIONS

THE HATTIESBURG SOLUTION

Zebra FX9500Fixed RFID Reader

GPS Antenna

Power Inverters DC-AC –400 Watt Dual Outlet

Zebra In-Vehicle Computer

TRUCK OPERATIONS

Zebra AN480RFID Antennas

Zebra MC9190-ZHandheld RFID Reader

Truck / Route Management

Work Order Management

Address / Collection Data Management

Reporting

Container Data Management

Automated Data Uploads

OFFICE OPERATIONS

Work Order Management

Built Upon Rugged Handhelds

Automates the cart assignmentand distribution process

Real Time or BatchData Transfer

FIELD OPERATIONS

Russell DavisSherry Brown

Director of Public Services

Information Systems Analyst

HATTIESBURG – CASE STUDYDEPARTMENT OF SANITATION

• Situation

• Goals for the Program

• Research / Cost Analysis

• Selection Process

• Implementation

• Current Benefits & Future Considerations

HATTIESBURG IS THE FOURTH LARGEST CITY IN MISSISSIPPI, WITH A POPULATION OF ABOUT 50,000.

BACKGROUND SITUATION

• Manual waste collection system

• Liabilities for injuries and worker’s compensation were a rising concern

• No customer waste collection data, analysis, or reporting No validation

• Manual truck and route management

• No Validation

GOALS FOR THE PROGRAM

• Automated Waste Collection System

• Customer Waste Collection

– Validation

– Track Exception

• Automated Truck /

• Route Management Validation

• Reduce personnel injuries

• Reduce the number of trucks and gain the ability to re-assign staff

MAYOR JOHNNY DUPREE

CITY COUNCIL

RESEARCH / COST ANALYSIS

• Established Cross Functional Team

• City considering automating its collection system for 10 years• District Field Trial• Mobile, AL Site Visit• Advanced Mobile Group Consultation• Otto Solution Recommendation and Cart Deployments

• Cost Analysis (Staff / Trucks / Trucks Maintenance)

• Driven by Sanitation Department

• Consulted with the City of Mobile, AL

• Consulted with Advanced Mobile Group

• RFID Experts

• Received Proposals• Cost• Requirements vs. Features• References

SELECTION PROCESS

IMPLEMENTATION

• 12 Trucks over 9 Routes

• 10,732 Addresses

• 26,000 Carts

• Green Carts – Household Garbage

• Brown Carts – Yard Trash

• Truck Installations (5 Days)

• Cart Deployment (1 Month)

• System Deployment (1 Month)

MAP PLOT OF CONTAINERS

READS BY DATE

CURRENT BENEFITS AND FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

• Verification of Route

Completion / Times• Verification of Customer

Pickups (GPS / Time)• Reduced Number of Trucks• Re-assignment of Resources• Future – Recycling Incentives• Future – Integration with

Billing

WASTE MANAGEMENT RFID SOLUTION RESOURCES

PLEASE CALL FOR PARTNER CONTACT INFORMATION

• ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIESCarrie Angelico, Sr. RFID Business Development Manager– (631) 406-7219– carrie.angelico@zebra.com

• ADVANCED MOBILE GROUP ZEBRA PARTNER SOLUTION PROVIDER

• XTREME RFIDTAG PROVIDER

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