SMART VENDING MACHINE FOR PACKAGE WASTE RECYCLING (SMARTBIN)

SDG(s)

Sustainable Development Goal(s)

11Sustainable cities and communities

12Responsible consumption and production

13Climate action

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This is a joint effort with the local company Pakomak (https://www.pakomak.com.mk/) where our experts work on upgrading an off-the-shelf vending machine with control electronics to detect and classify specific package waste. This information is afterwards fed into an incentive-based system called ecoMac that can be used by markets to stimulate package waste recycling.

https://inno.feit.ukim.edu.mk/projects/