PROBLEM WE SOLVEdies

Overflowing bins. Angry residents.
Every weekend.

Overflowing bins. Angry residents.
Every weekend.

The bins are fine all week, then a sunny Saturday fills them by lunchtime — and the complaints arrive before the trucks do. It’s not a crew problem. It’s a visibility problem.

The bins are fine all week, then a sunny Saturday fills them by lunchtime — and the complaints arrive before the trucks do. It’s not a crew problem. It’s a visibility problem.

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Deployed with Australian councils · Part of the Matter platform


Think Lid — retrofits to your existing bins


Sound familiar?

Sound familiar?

The pattern every council knows.

The pattern every council knows.

Complaints spike after weekends and events

Photos of overflowing bins on socials before your team even knows.

Hotspot bins overflow between scheduled runs

The same five bins, every time — but the roster treats them like all the rest.

Trucks empty half-full bins on quiet routes

Fixed schedules can’t tell a full bin from an empty one.

No data when councillors ask what’s going on

Collection records show what was emptied, not what was missed.

Why it keeps happening

Schedules are fixed. Bin use isn’t.

Schedules are fixed. Bin use isn’t.

Schedules are fixed. Bin use isn’t.

Bin demand swings with weather, events and seasons, but collection rosters are set weeks ahead. Without live fill data, the only options are over-servicing everything or missing the spikes.

Bin demand swings with weather, events and seasons, but collection rosters are set weeks ahead. Without live fill data, the only options are over-servicing everything or missing the spikes.

THE OLD WAY

Every bin on a fixed roster. Quiet bins get emptied anyway; busy bins overflow between runs. The first signal of a problem is a resident complaint.

WITH MATTER

Every bin reports its real fill level. Tomorrow’s run is built from today’s data — hotspots get caught before they tip over, quiet bins get skipped.

WHERE IT WORKS

Built for the messy reality of public waste.

Built for the messy reality of public waste.

Built for the messy reality of public waste.

Sample use-case tiles — one collection, filtered to this division.

Sample use-case tiles — one collection, filtered to this division.

1

Retrofit Think Lid to the bins you already own

No new bins, no infrastructure. The sensor mounts to the existing lid and starts reporting fill levels immediately.

2

See every bin live in ThinkOS

The whole network on one map, colour-coded by fill state — with hotspot bins flagged before they overflow.

3

Run tomorrow’s route from today’s data

ThinkOS builds collection runs from real demand. Crews collect what’s full, skip what isn’t, and the record proves it.

What changes, measurably.

[X]%*

fewer unnecessary collection runs

[X]%*

fewer overflow complaints

[X]wks*

from install to first optimised route

proof

Councils who had this exact problem.

Councils who had this exact problem.

Councils who had this exact problem.

DEPLOYMENT PHOTO

Council · Public space bins

Sample: Metro council cuts collection runs with fill-level data*

Placeholder case study — replace with a confirmed customer story, with their numbers and a quote.

Common questions

Yes. Think Lid is a retrofit — it fits to the bins already in service, so there is no need to replace your fleet or change how bins are presented and lifted.

[Confirm with Len: which bin sizes and manufacturers are supported.]

[Pricing model to confirm with Len and Adam before launch. Typical structure to confirm: a per-bin cost covering the device, connectivity and ThinkOS access, scaled to the size of the deployment.]

We scope every deployment before quoting, so the number reflects your actual fleet and routes.

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Devices are fitted to bins in the field, with no depot visit and no interruption to collection.

[Confirm: install time per bin, who carries out the fitting, and how units are commissioned in ThinkOS.]

See your bins in ThinkOS.

See your bins in ThinkOS.

See your bins in ThinkOS.

A 30-minute demo with real dashboards. No slides, no obligation.

A 30-minute demo with real dashboards. No slides, no obligation.

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