Waste monitoring sensors

Monitor waste production using artificial intelligence and gamification to engage the community and increase recycling.
Climate Change Mitigation Resource Use Advancing Net Zero

Problem addressed

On a daily basis, we generate approximately 1.5-2.5 kg of waste for which we lack proper disposal methods. The regulations regarding waste collection are confusing and vary across different boroughs which makes it difficult to efficiently gather data and compare recycling rates.

Solution overview

ReLearn wants to revolutionise the waste sorting system. ReLearn’s smart sensor, NANDO, is the solution to constantly monitor waste production with professional reporting while spreading sustainable practices to the community in an engaging way.

ReLearn installs the small IoT sensor on a customer’s existing bins and then uses artificial intelligence to collect data on the amount and type of waste produced on a daily basis.

NANDO reports the quantity and quality of waste through precise data on a dashboard creating a professional report according to the GRI 306 standard. Customers are also able to monitor their live recycling rate, recycling trends and projected recycling patterns.

NANDO spreads sustainable practices to achieve the best recycling rate in an office space. To increase community involvement and effectively transfer corporate values, internal challenges can be developed between different floors or different locations through the platform. ReLearn also uses the data to identify the most common mistakes in waste differentiation and then educate users on how to correct them.

NANDO increases the availability of waste information for sustainability reporting avoiding fines. It also increases ESG score by monitoring and improving waste performance and improves LEED score with waste monitoring. NANDO is a partner of Arc Skoru and the US Green Building Council.

ReLearn’s business model is based on an activation fee per installer sensor and an annual subscription fee per sensor.

Company name

ReLearn

UK availability

Yes

Date added

Jul, 2023

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Case study

There are more than 400 active NANDOs in 5 countries (UK, Italy, Denmark, Spain, Belgium) involving 10k users per month. NANDO operates in more than 18 international companies: United Nation, WeWork, Edison-EDF Group, Alibaba, Deloitte, A2A Group, FTP Industrial, Mediatree etc. NANDO is the official ZeroWaste tool commercialized by two largest facilities management companies worldwide: ISS and Sodexo.

NANDO is the winner of Horizon Price and ReLearn is working with the EU to certify NANDO as the first official European ZeroWaste monitoring tool.

Facts and Figures

+58 %

improvement in recycling rate

and consequent reduction of waste-related CO2 emissions.

-60 %

Cost savings

of waste management operations within the building by monitoring the level of bins being filled

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