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August 22 news, according to foreign media Tech Xplore reports, Australia's national science institution CSIRO and Sydney University of Science and Technology jointly developed a smart trash can (Smart Bin) prototype.

Intelligent trash can uses the Internet of things, sensors, artificial intelligence, infrared spectroscopy, machine learning and other technologies, can automatically classify different kinds of garbage, such as metal, plastic, glass and so on. Smart trash cans can also turn waste into available resources. Intelligent trash bins are designed to improve garbage recovery and reduce waste pollution.

Wei Ni, chief research scientist at CSIRO, said: "the smart trash can is very practical, it can effectively improve the garbage recovery rate, and its use is very simple. It can be arranged in shopping malls, schools, cinemas, cafes and airports."

▲ Smart Bin

Dr. Larry Marshall (Larry Marshall), CEO of CSIRO, said New South Wales, Australia's most populous state, produces 800000 tons of plastic waste a year, of which only 10% is recycled and the rest goes to landfills. To address the plastic waste problem, CSIRO launched the "end plastic waste Mission", which aims to reduce plastic waste in the Australian environment by 80 per cent by 2030. Reduce the amount of plastic waste entering the Australian environment by 80%.

Dr Marshall added: "Science can transform our economy into a circular economy (Circular Economy) by using waste to create higher-paying jobs and promote new technologies in Australia. Science can not only drive the economy, but also protect our environment."

CSIRO's 2021 Roadmap of Circular economy points out that circular economy innovation can achieve resource recovery by designing new products, new materials and adopting new business models, thus creating three times as many jobs for circular economy. If Australia's economic recovery increases by 5%, the circular economy will add $1 billion to GDP.

Conclusion: Australia is committed to the development of circular economy smart trash can is one of the new products displayed by CSIRO during Australia's "National Science week". The waste recycling technology used in this product can contribute to the development of circular economy in Australia.

According to the official Australian data report, Australia produced about 74.1 million tons of garbage in 2020, or 2.94 tons per capita. In order to solve the problem of waste production, the Australian government is committed to improving the recovery rate of waste and developing a circular economy. Relevant data show that in 2020, the recycling rate of Australian tons of garbage reached 60%.

Australia used to rely on garbage exports to transfer garbage, but in recent years, with the improvement of environmental awareness, countries no longer import Australian garbage. As a result, Australia began to look for ways to recover and dispose of garbage in its own country, and devoted itself to the research and development of waste recycling technology to promote the development of circular economy. Now it seems that Australia still has a long way to go in this respect.

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