Case Study - City of Charles Sturt

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City of Charles Sturt, Adelaide

Matter is proud to pilot their waste sensors with company Rawtec, a leading Australian waste consultancy in City of Charles Sturt. This trial commenced in October and is relatively new.

Ambition: Rawtec and City of Charles Sturt are using Matter’s sensors mounted in 1100L and 660L bins to create weekly waste reports for residents in 2 large apartment blocks in Adelaide. Wanting to expand this trial out to other apartment blocks in Adelaide in the future.

This is Matter’s first use case in Multi Unit development (MUD).

Priority move: They are looking to track and reduce the landfill waste created in the apartment blocks, while increasing the recycling rate.

Preliminary results from the trial found:

36 sensors

Active in the field.

Approx 35%

Collection Efficiency

$708

Savings in overserviced collection costs (out 138 collections).
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