What is WasteWatch Cam?
WasteWatch Cam is an innovative solution that helps you fight against fly-tipping and littering in your area. It uses CCTV cameras equipped with artificial intelligence and automatic number plate recognition to spot and report any illegal dumping activities. WasteWatch Cam is a simple and cost-effective way to keep your environment clean and safe from fly-tippers. Contact us today to find out how WasteWatch Cam can help you preserve your environment.
Information is Power
This technology is combined with ANPR to detect the licence plates of perpetrators, giving data, evidence and power back to communities to combat the issue and enforce policies through a fining process. By using the licence plate data along with the visual verification from the system, you can identify the individual or organisation responsible for the dumping and issue fines through the DVLA system to act as a future deterrent to fly-tipping.
Deployment Options For WasteWatch Cam
Rapid Deployment Towers
WasteWatch can operate on a rapid deployment tower for fast responses. This allows the system to run in rural areas without access to mains power. Furthermore, power options such as solar or wind can help extent the systems operation time without battery replacement or recharging.
Enhance Existing CCTV
WasteWatch can also be added to existing CCTV infrastructure. There may be a need for some additional technology to be added however, were possible we will attempt to deliver the solution through existing CCTV infrastructure, reducing the need for any major hardware investment.
Where is WasteWatch Cam is Used?
Overflow at Recycling Points
Fly-tipping is a serious environmental problem that affects many recycling points in the UK. According to the latest government statistics, there were 1.13 million fly-tipping incidents in England in 2020/21, an increase of 16% from the previous year1. Many people who want to dispose of their waste responsibly find that the recycling bins are full or overflowing, and they end up adding to the pile or dumping their waste elsewhere. This is not only illegal, but also harmful to the environment and the community.
Supporting Local Councils
Councils often face challenges in enforcing policies against fly-tipping or littering due to insufficient information. WasteWatch is a system that collects all the relevant data in one place, making it easier to issue fines and deter future offenders. It also generates income to support the costs of cleaning up the environment.
Littering On Highways
WasteWatch can be placed near the entry and exit ramps of Motorways, here the solution can monitor if vehicle exiting or entering the motorway are throwing their waste from their vehicles and on to the motorway. WasteWatch can automatically detect when this occurs and can identify from which vehicle it has come from, you will then have the DVLA information of that vehicle for the issuing of fines.
Identify Criminal Organisations
Fly-tipping is a serious environmental problem that is often linked to organised crime. Criminal gangs set up fake companies to collect waste from unsuspecting clients and then dump it illegally on land or water, avoiding disposal costs and taxes. The government and the Environment Agency are trying to crack down on these offenders, but they face challenges in gathering evidence and prosecuting them. This is where WasteWatch can support identifying these organsiations.
Car Parks
Car parks are common areas of litter and waste build-up. Whether they belong to supermarkets, high streets, shopping centres or food venues, car parks often witness waste being thrown from vehicles or placed under them before driving away. This results in a pile of waste that private businesses or the council have to clean up at the expense of the taxpayers. WasteWatch is a system that can be quickly deployed to car park zones to monitor and detect littering behaviour, and help enforce fines and penalties for the offenders.
The Wastewatch Alert Process
WasteWatch Cam’s Engine
Powered by HVOD Data Engine
Wastewatch Cam is powered by Bi3’s proprietary HVOD Data Engine, a unique technology developed in-house that allows Bi3 to combine different analytics technologies to create a new system. By integrating technologies rather than using them as separate systems, you can streamline, automate and develop new applications using the latest in AI technology.
Data Engine into Bespoke Dashboards
With the Data Engine, you can access data from various in-house and third-party software or technology sources in one place. As a result, Bi3 can build a sleek and user-friendly dashboard for you with customisability features that adapt to your needs and preferences. You can keep track of, notify, analyse and contrast data from all of your site’s technology and software in one dashboard.