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User interaction

Khilan Patel, Director, Endlos
Innovations demonstrated
a machine that sorts empty
bottles placed inside it as
aluminium or plastic, using an
advanced sensor system and
AI-based image processing.
After verification, the bottle is
crushed, shredded or granulated,
and stored in bins.
“Abroad, people pay a deposit
when they buy a plastic bottle,
which they can recover when
they return it. Our fraud detection With this, “Clients can Naturally, enquiries are more
mechanism prevents misuse of achieve better performance from Tier 2 and 3 centres, as
this feature”, he said. This made- with a much smaller engine well as from sewer cleaning
in-India product is sought after (reducing maintenance costs), contractors.
not just by Smart Cities, ULBs, avail of a greater sweeping
malls and the Railways but width, eliminate the recurring Data on waste
also by other countries like the cost of a central brush, and
Middle East and Israel. – taking advantage of the Some of the solutions on
compactness of the sweeper offer were IoT-linked, offering
Sewer cleaning – operate the machine even real-time data on working status,
operational efficiency, power
during high-traffic periods,
Renish Bhaskar, Designated rather than only during night consumption, daily input and
Partner of Ren Jetting Systems, hours”, shared Sumedh Bhoj, output etc.
which supplies high-quality Co-Founder, Spruce Up. These Data enables traceability in
pumps for sewer cleaning sweepers are targeted towards the waste chain, which was
equipment manufacturers, vast facilities like airports, manifested in the real-time data
confirmed the uptick in local seaports and townships. management platform offered
manufacturers supplying such by Satma. With this, every
solutions to urban local bodies. Sewer cleaning stakeholder – from ragpickers/
“There has also been growth in ULBs to EPR entities – can
the industrial jetting segment Anees Ahamed, General contribute information about
such as in car washes, pharma, Manager - Sales & Marketing, waste without sharing sensitive
mines, paint removal and other Whale Enterprise introduced data. “Micro-verification at
sectors, which enables ‘no a new solution which every level can authenticate the
chemical cleaning’”, he said. simultaneously suctions sludge, recycled claims of products.
separates the water component
and uses it for jetting to clean Urban local bodies can plan
City cleaning blockages. “In addition to better when they have the
Mechanical road sweepers these three functions, we have correct data on the kinds of
suffer frequent breakdowns; another machine which also has waste coming in”, offered Varun
their vacuum counterparts end open drain desilting, manhole Karasia, CEO, Satma.
up collecting dust from one end grabbing and rodding features Special solutions for individual
and blowing it out of the other. in the same product. This is waste streams, a focus on
Spruce Up has introduced a ideal for a first-time buyer material recovery, monetisation
regenerative road sweeper, which with a new sewer network; of waste as a resource and easier-
collects road dust in a closed they can avoid spending on to-use solutions will dominate
loop system and discharges only multiple machines and reduce the waste management landscape
20% of the air taken in. O&M costs.” in the future.

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