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Sao paulo: Electronic Waste Transport Control (CTR-E)

This compendium, prepared by the Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (DPIDG) of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), aims to capture emerging trends in digital responses of UN Member States against the COVID-19 pandemic along with other digital government initiatives and provide a preliminary analysis of their main features. These cases are shared for exchange of information so that Member States can learn from each other and possibly create new partnerships.

Sao Paulo's new technology-driven garbage collection system, created to monitor and track all private stakeholders that are part of the urban cleaning system effective waste management. Using technology (smartphone apps, specialized software, and QR codes on containers, dumpsters and trucks) to identify and track the sources, volume, movement and final destination of solid waste with the detailed monitoring data obtained through the system allowing municipal authorities to streamline operations and optimize waste treatment solutions, in part through increased reuse and recycling.

Country
Brazil
Institution

City of Sao Paulo: the Municipal Authority of Urban Cleaning

Category
Digital Government
Focus
E-Service
Technology

smartphone apps, specialized software, and QR codes and data analysis

Links
https://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/subprefeituras/amlurb/cadastro_amlurb/index.php?p=274393 and https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/09/the-benefits-of-digitizing-waste-management/ Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IxvdizpdHU
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