Concept of Mobile Application for Organization of Separate Waste Collection

Abstract

The article presents the results of devising a concept for organization of separate waste collection at the household level using special software. The problem of waste collection and disposal at the local level in Russian regions is substantiated. All key characteristics of the problem area are defined and the basic concepts of functional capabilities of a respective mobile application are formulated using divergence, synthesis, analysis, transformation and convergence methods. The primary concept defines the following elements: accessibility of waste collection areas depending on their type; awareness of waste content and their preparation and disposal methods in household conditions; involvement of people of various age into the waste preparation and disposal process in a game format.

Farm waste collection organizing based on information system

“…The analysis of works related to rubbish disposal in different industries shows that all key objects and their characteristics that determine the processes of rubbish collection, accumulation, transportation, sorting and disposal have been established [1,4,6]. The use of methods that allow obtaining a digital model of the processes for their management is in line with the results obtained in studies on relevant topics [11,12,15,16].…”

“…All this occurs due to the imperfection of applied technologies and technical means in carrying out recycling, non-compliance with the established environmental requirements, high price for transportation due to the lack of waste reception points for subsequent sorting and recycling [6,9]. The use of software tools capable of streamlining and unifying the processes of organising the collection, temporary storage, transportation and preparation for rubbish disposal is relevant and capable of keeping records and regulating the ecological state of the environment, improving the processes of agricultural organisations [10,11].…”

Mobile app for household eco-activism

“…A study of the subject area was carried out, which provided the data necessary for the development of the software product concept (this approach corresponds, for example, to the results in the work of Logachev [13]). In addition, such results were used for information modelling and obtaining a formal model of the subject area.…”

“…The obtained software product can be used not only by eco-activists, representatives of authorities or people indifferent to the state of ecology, but also in the training of specialists in the field of ecology to assess the effect of activities, to establish communications between the population and the authorities or representatives of organisations [13,15].…”

“…To create the information system, methods were used to ensure fulfilment of the requirements of the software development life cycle model. Such a model of work included work on analysing the subject area and the requirements necessary for software implementation, establishing the list of system users and their qualifications, the level of participation in the processes under study, the algorithms of work (complex use of methods of analysis, synthesis, groupings, statistical analysis [8,9]); creating formal models of the subject area, capable of determining the nature of work of specialists associated with the creation of the database, program modules and user interface (graphical The approach to the creation of a software product used in this study is valid for the creation of systems from different areas of the economy, the main objectives of which were to provide access to different resources, systematisation and unification of data, creation of unified ecosystems used in a particular subject area [12][13][14].…”