Glasgow City Council plans to purchase over 100,000 new grey bins with tracking gadgets to monitor recycling rates. The bins will be fitted with RFID tags and will provide information on when they are emptied and the location of the bin. The council aims to encourage an increase in recycling and improve waste management.
bosses are preparing to place an order for more than 100,000 new grey bins with special tracking gadgets to monitor how often they are emptied and boost recycling.
The wheelie bins would be fitted with RFID tags for kerbside homes and are due to arrive by the end of this financial year. It is understood there could be consequences if the right rubbish is not put in the correct bins possible delays to bins being emptied until the problem is sorted out.Councillors will decide whether the deal should go ahead at a Contracts and Property Committee meeting next week.
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