LoRaWAN for tracking inland routes of plastic waste: Introducing the smart TRACKPLAST bottle

LoRaWAN for tracking inland routes of plastic waste: Introducing the smart TRACKPLAST bottle

The aim of this paper is to showcase the work of the TRACKPLAST research project, first conceived in 2017 and submitted as a funding application in 2018, resulting in the development of the TRACKPLAST smart bottle and its successful tracking during its land journey, which to our knowledge constitute...

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Published in:Cleaner Waste Systems Vol. 4; p. 100068
Main Authors: Ponis, Stavros, Plakas, George, Aretoulaki, Eleni, Tzanetou, Dimitra, Maroutas, Theodoros Nikolaos
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2023
Subjects:
Circular economy
Industry 4.0
Internet of things
Plastic marine pollution
Waste management
Wireless sensor networks
MQTT
EoL
EPR
Industry 4.0
GPS
TOPIOS
IoT
TTN
Internet of things
Circular economy
LPWAN
QoS
LoRa
SNR
OTAA
Plastic marine pollution
NB-IoT
TDOA
LoRaWAN
TOA
HTTP
PAME
PCB
Waste management
RSSI
Wireless sensor networks
ERC
API
RL
HDOP
WMS
PET
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to showcase the work of the TRACKPLAST research project, first conceived in 2017 and submitted as a funding application in 2018, resulting in the development of the TRACKPLAST smart bottle and its successful tracking during its land journey, which to our knowledge constitutes the first non-GPS attempt to track plastic waste, identify its inland sources and follow its routes before it enters the sea. Waste tracking is made possible through the development of an open source LoRa-based wireless sensor network, enhanced with gateways and complemented by a cloud platform for the geolocation and visualization of bottle positions and routes. The project’s LoRa IoT sensor and antenna are seamlessly embedded in the specially designed TRACKPLAST bottle, which being identical and almost as light as the actual waste, can replicate close-to-true movement patterns when disposed in the environment. The pilot implementation of the proposed technology took place in the Greek island of Syros, where sixty-nine smart bottles were disposed freely in the environment between April 4 and May 5, 2022. The TRACKPLAST cloud platform was able to locate, track and visualize on a map, the signals of the smart bottles throughout their entire battery lifecycle and until June 24, 2022, when the last device stopped emitting its signal. The proposed solution aspires to contribute to the alleviation of marine plastic pollution, through the collection, processing and visualization of plastic waste movement data, which if treated properly can support decisions for improving the responsiveness and efficiency of waste management systems. •It constitutes the first non-GPS attempt to track plastic waste routes from inland sources.•Development of a LoraWAN smart bottle identical to its commercial counterpart.•Development of a cloud platform for visualizing the plastic bottle journey.•Proof-of-Concept Pilot Study with 69 smart bottles successfully executed in the island of Syros.
ISSN:2772-9125
2772-9125
DOI:10.1016/j.clwas.2022.100068