RFID Guardian Use-Waste Management

From RFID Wiki

RFID technology has been proposed for two separate processes within waste management Automated Data Collection and Waste Separation.

In Automated Data Collection , waste dis- posal trucks equipped with RFID readers pick up bins marked with RFID tags. The readers then record the exact time and place each waste bin is emptied. This permits a new degree of monitoring and control of the waste- disposal process. This information is then uploaded to the warehouse and later the RFID middleware --- a computer server, which determines the bill for the customer.

UML Object Model

UML Sequence Model

Sample ACL

###################
# Waste rules
###################

# By default, we leave RFID traffic alone
rule P15693 ACCEPT
{
	context = *;
	role = *;
	tags = *;
	query = { command = *; };
};

# We would like to block all queries to our tags
rule P15693 DENY
{
	context = *;
	role = *;
	tags = @MY_TAGS;
	query = { command = *; };
};

For Waste Separation, some researchers proposed use of RFID tagged items to support separation process by placing a reader on the disposal de- vice which distinguishes between goods that should be separated and goods for incineration. [14] In their proposal, no specific device is speci¯ed, but only that the purity of the recycling input goods could be improved and the burden on the incineration plant could be relieved. It is clear that this is another potential application for RFID technology.

The difference between these two applications lies in how RFID tags are read by RFID reader. In the Automated Data Collection, information from the dustbin is used; while in the Waste Separation, information from garbage itself is used.