Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

RFID creates incentive to recycle in Dayton, Ohio

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Alien Technology is working together will systems integrator CDO Technologies to launch a program designed to increase community recycling levels in the city of Dayton, Ohio.

Through the use of RFID technology, residents who make use of their recycling containers are automatically entered in a lottery for one of four $100 prizes. In fact, the city has already awarded its first four resident winners.


The solution is based on Alien’s Enterprise Class RFID Readers and CDO’s High Value Asset Tracking platform. RFID tags are attached to the recycling bins, and Alien’s ALR-9900+ Readers are installed on the collection trucks.

With Alien hardware and the HVAT platform, Dayton is able to use data collected to extract meaningful information and provide actionable results. The city can strategically plan its routes, schedules, budgets and usage rates.

The program has already allowed the city to restructure routes, renegotiate recycling rates and balance staffing, resulting in a projected savings of more than $100,000 per year. [end] 

City officials in Gastonia, N.C. are gearing for the launch of an RFID-enabled recycle program, according to the Gaston Gazette. Households will each receive a 96-gallon recycle cart fitted with a RFID chip which is read at pick up and recorded on the truck, documenting that recycled material was collected at that address.

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Dayton Public Schools, Ohio, has implemented a new student ID program to keep track of student attendance and award points for good behavior, among other things, according to Dayton Daily News.

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Huntington Bank, Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new service for Ohio State University that will enable its students to link their Buck ID cards to their Huntington checking accounts at no charge. The service is part of Huntington’s $125 million partnership announced by bank and university officials last month.

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SK Telecom, headquartered in South Korea, has designed an RFID disposal management system that will encourage citizens to recycle and reduce the amount of daily food waste, according to Earth911.com.

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