SenRa, a PAN India Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) provider for long range-based (LoRa®-based) Internet of Things (IoT) applications, today announced their IoT technology partnership with SmartEnds, a hardware design company focused on building low-cost industrialized sensor solutions and products for the global market. With this partnership they will bring a variety of LoRaWAN™ solutions to the Indian market, starting with BrighterBins, India’s first LoRaWAN™ enabled Smart Waste Bin solution.
One of the biggest challenges India has in today’s society is the accumulation of waste and how to properly monitor, dispose, and manage waste collection. Indian cities alone generate more than 62 million tons of solid waste a year with an expected increase of 5% per year. It is estimated that up to 40% of municipal waste in India remains simply uncollected. In an attempt to improve India’swaste issues, recently the Government of India launched a national campaign called ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ which aims to promote and achieve a more ‘Clean India’.
Since the launch of the campaign coupled with the Smart Cities Mission implemented by the Government of India, city officials, city planners and city decision makers are now even more motivated to clean their cities and improve the quality of life for their citizens. Leveraging smart technologies like LoRaWAN™ can enable the Government and cities to achieve their goals all while keeping costs low and improving efficiencies of the overall waste management processes.
The SenRa and SmartEnds partnership now provides a way to help solve some of India’s waste challenges. With SmartEnds waste bin sensors and SenRa’s LoRaWAN™ network and application platform, India will have an end-to-end smart waste bin solution which offers real-time insight on waste accumulation. These smart waste bins use ultrasonic fill sensors and send their data via LoRaWAN™ to SenRa’s public network where it is then integrated with a data-based management platform. With data analytics and real-time feedback, the cities can now make better decisions on how to manage the waste collection and waste bin placements based on historical trends of waste build-up.
“We believe LoRaWAN™ is a perfect fit in solving some of India’s major challenges. We felt that with the right partnership, we could bring India a low-cost waste management solution which would help clean up the streets,” said SenRa’s Chief Executive Officer, Ali Hosseini. “We are very excited to have the opportunity work with SmartEnds and to be the first company to have a LoRaWAN™ ready smart bin solution developed for India.”
