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BrighterBins

by BrighterBins

Stick-on fill-level sensors with up to 10-year batteries report how full each waste container is over LoRaWAN, Sigfox, or NB-IoT, feeding route optimization that prevents overflows.

BrighterBins
Industry
Cities & Public InfrastructureWaste Collection & Sanitation
Use cases
Waste OptimizationCondition MonitoringAsset Tracking
Connectivity
BLELoRaWANLTE-MNB-IoT
Deployment
Public SaaSEdge/Local
Services
Consulting/DevelopmentInstallationManaged ServiceSystem Integration
Available in
Belgium
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The solution

How BrighterBins addresses it

BrighterBins collects location, movement, and asset-status signals across waste collection & sanitation and sends the readings to a secure cloud application. Dashboards and configurable rules show asset health, operating state, and abnormal trends, retaining history by site, zone, or asset. This gives municipal, public-works, and service teams the context to inspect or service the affected asset, helping them shorten response time and protect service continuity and document the response.

What it is

BrighterBins is a waste optimization, condition monitoring, asset tracking solution by BrighterBins, delivered as Public SaaS / Edge/Local, serving Cities & Public Infrastructure.

How it works

Sensors, meters, tags, or controllers are installed at the relevant points across waste collection & sanitation to capture location, movement, and asset-status signals. Readings move over BLE, LoRaWAN, LTE-M, and NB-IoT to a secure cloud application, with a gateway or edge service added where required. The application organizes asset health, operating state, and abnormal trends by site, zone, or asset and keeps a history for comparison. When a rule identifies an exception, an alert gives the responsible team the context to inspect or service the affected asset. Deployment can start with one area or asset group and extend to additional sites using the same monitoring and response workflow.

ConnectBLE, LoRaWAN, LTE-M, NB-IoT
AnalyzePublic SaaS / Edge/Local platform
ActConsulting/Development, Installation, Managed Service, System Integration

Vendor documentation: link 1 · link 2 · link 3 · link 4 · vendor website

Evidence level: L3 · Case-documented: how evidence levels work

Why teams choose it

Lower collection costs: Optimized routing reduces costs by up to 40%

Cleaner environments: Prevent overflowing bins across urban areas

Sustainability gains: Smarter collection lowers CO₂ emissions and supports ESG goals with analytics reporting

Broad compatibility: Universal stick-on sensors deploy across countless bin types

Universal stick-on sensors

Tool-free installation compatible with most bin designs.

Ultra-low-power, long battery

Up to 10-year operation with IP68 durability.

Multi-LPWAN connectivity

Supports LoRaWAN, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M, and BLE for flexible deployments.

Real-time fill-level & alerts

Track bin status, temperature, and unauthorized access.

AI-driven route optimization

Generates efficient collection routes and adapts dynamically.

Analytics and ESG reporting

Sustainability tracking and reporting support ESG goals.

Documented deployments

Evidence reviewed11,000 BrighterBins sensors deployed

11,000 BrighterBins sensors deployed by the City of Edinburgh

Connected fill-level data supports route optimization across one of BrighterBins’ largest named municipal deployments.

Municipal government · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK · 11,000 smart-waste sensors
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Evidence reviewed700 smart-bin sensors deployed

Wolverhampton cut smart-bin collection costs by 35%

700 connected sensors also reduced overflowing-bin complaints by 50%

Local government and city council · Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom · 700 smart-bin sensors
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