Design and development waste management system in Hong Kong

Author

Lee, C.K.M. ; Wu, Trevor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2014

Firstpage

798

Lastpage

802

Abstract

Effective waste management is crucial for a metropolitan like Hong Kong and the latest technology such as RFID and data mining technique can help provide a sustainable waste management by analyzing the waste disposal habit. To have an integrated information system, the purpose of this paper is to adopt NFC and cloud computing technology to develop a Web-based system and mobile app for supporting waste management. A prototype system with ubiquitous technology is being designed and a pilot test of the RFID-based waste management system was launched in Homantin Student Hall of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the results showed that this RFID-based waste management system improved the recycling rate. The significance of the paper is to provide a novel approach by incorporating RFID and mobile app technology for waste management and it can arouse the public awareness about the importance of waste sorting for recycling and waste minimization.

Keywords

cloud computing; data mining; environmental science computing; mobile computing; near-field communication; radiofrequency identification; recycling; sustainable development; waste disposal; Homantin Student Hall; NFC; RFID-based waste management system; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Web-based system; cloud computing technology; data mining technique; integrated information system; mobile app technology; prototype system; public awareness; recycling rate improvement; sustainable waste management; ubiquitous technology; waste disposal habit analysis; waste management system design; waste management system development; waste minimization; waste sorting; Containers; Mobile communication; Radiofrequency identification; Recycling; Solids; Waste disposal; Data-mining; EPC; Forecasting; M-Commerce; POS; RFED;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEM.2014.7058748

Filename

7058748