Technical Mechanics of a Trans-Border Waste Flow Tracking Solution Based on Blockchain Technology

Schmelz, Dominik; Pinter, Karl; Strobl, Stefan; Zhu, Lei; Niemeier, Phillip; Grechenig, Thomas

doi:10.1109/icdew.2019.00-38

“…Through blockchain, the authorities can verify that the hazardous industrial waste is unloaded at the designated recycling location. It can further assist in verifying the lost waste by comparing the volume of shipped and received waste at the disposal center, establish provenance data about the household waste, calculate and present the percentage of incinerated and disposed of waste, and verify the recycling capability of a plant and the actual waste recycled for plannings, based on the analysis of the waste-related data stored on blockchain [30]. Through transaction transparency and data traceability features, it can identify the impossible fast transportation and unnecessary fuel consumption during waste shipment.…”

Section: H Accountability Of Waste Management Operationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Blockchain-based systems developed for waste management have mostly focused on electronic, medical, domestic, and agricultural waste of smart cities. Existing blockchainbased projects for waste management have implemented several types of services related to waste management, assets tracking [10], [30], shipment monitoring [30], tokens transferring [31], waste sorting [30], and auditability of waste handler's actions [30], [32], [33]. The existing studies have followed Ethereum and Hyperledger Fabric platforms to issue rewards and penalties for the waste management participants and ensure the compliance of user's action with waste management laws [10], [31], [33]- [35].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain for Waste Management in Smart Cities: A Survey

Ahmad

¹

,

Jayaraman

²

,

Yaqoob³

et al. 2021

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Smart cities have the potential to overcome environmental problems caused by improper waste disposal by improving human health, protecting the aquatic ecosystem, and reducing air pollution. However, today's systems, approaches, and technologies leveraged for waste management are manual and centralized. This fact makes them vulnerable to manipulation and the single point of failure problem. Also, a large portion of the existing waste management systems within smart cities fall short in providing operational transparency, traceability, audit, security, and trusted data provenance features. In this paper, we explore the key role of blockchain technology in managing waste within smart cities as it can offer traceability, immutability, transparency, and audit features in a decentralized, trusted, and secure manner. We discuss the opportunities brought about by blockchain technology in various waste management use cases and application scenarios, including real-time tracing and tracking of waste, reliable channelization and compliance with waste treatment laws, efficient waste resources management, protection of waste management documentation, and fleet management. We introduce a framework that leverages blockchainbased smart contracts to automate the key services in terms of waste management of smart cities. We compare the existing blockchain-based waste management solutions based on important parameters. Furthermore, we present insightful discussions on several ongoing blockchain-based research projects and case studies to highlight the practicability of blockchain in waste management. Finally, we present open challenges that act as future research directions.

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“…Such data could be in various forms such as videos, images, or documents that assure the waste management activities complies with local and global environmental protection and human safety laws. The examples of gathered data include the type of waste collected, realtime location of the shipped waste, recycling/landfill sites, and transportation route followed by waste transporting trucks [64]. Such data comes from several hundred thousand sensors deployed in smart cities to monitor the waste continuously, and storing it on the blockchain.…”

Section: B Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain for Waste Management in Smart Cities: A Survey

Ahmad¹,

Salah²,

Jayaraman³

et al. 2021

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Smart cities have the potential to overcome environmental problems caused by improper waste disposal to improve human health, protect the aquatic ecosystem, and reduce air pollution. However, today's systems, approaches, and technologies leveraged for waste management are manual and centralized that make them vulnerable to manipulation and the single point of failure problem. Also, a large portion of the existing waste management systems within smart cities fall short in providing operational transparency, traceability, audit, security, and trusted data provenance features. In this paper, we explore the key role of blockchain technology in managing waste within smart cities as it can offer traceability, immutability, transparency, and audit features in a decentralized, trusted, and secure manner. We discuss the opportunities brought about by blockchain technology in various waste management use cases and application scenarios, including real-time tracing and tracking of waste, reliable channelization and compliance with waste treatment laws, efficient waste resources management, protection of waste management documentation, and fleet management. We introduce a framework that leverages blockchain-based smart contracts to automate the key services in terms of waste management of smart cities. We compare the existing blockchain-based waste management solutions based on important parameters. Furthermore, we present insightful discussions on several ongoing blockchain-based research projects and case studies to highlight the practicability of blockchain in waste management. Finally, we present open challenges that act as future research directions.

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“…Through blockchain, the authorities can verify that the hazardous industrial waste is unloaded at the designated recycling location. It can further assist in verifying the lost waste by comparing the volume of shipped and received waste at the disposal center, establish provenance data about the household waste, calculate and present the percentage of incinerated and disposed of waste, and verify the recycling capability of a plant and the actual waste recycled for plannings, based on the analysis of the waste-related data stored on blockchain [64]. Through transaction transparency and data traceability features, it can identify the impossible fast transportation and unnecessary fuel consumption during waste shipment.…”

Section: H Accountability Of Waste Management Operationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Blockchain for Waste Management in Smart Cities: A Survey

Ahmad¹,

Salah²,

Jayaraman³

et al. 2021

Preprint

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Smart cities have the potential to overcome environmental problems caused by improper waste disposal to improve human health, protect the aquatic ecosystem, and reduce air pollution. However, today's systems, approaches, and technologies leveraged for waste management are manual and centralized that make them vulnerable to manipulation and the single point of failure problem. Also, a large portion of the existing waste management systems within smart cities fall short in providing operational transparency, traceability, audit, security, and trusted data provenance features. In this paper, we explore the key role of blockchain technology in managing waste within smart cities as it can offer traceability, immutability, transparency, and audit features in a decentralized, trusted, and secure manner. We discuss the opportunities brought about by blockchain technology in various waste management use cases and application scenarios, including real-time tracing and tracking of waste, reliable channelization and compliance with waste treatment laws, efficient waste resources management, protection of waste management documentation, and fleet management. We introduce a framework that leverages blockchain-based smart contracts to automate the key services in terms of waste management of smart cities. We compare the existing blockchain-based waste management solutions based on important parameters. Furthermore, we present insightful discussions on several ongoing blockchain-based research projects and case studies to highlight the practicability of blockchain in waste management. Finally, we present open challenges that act as future research directions.

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Technical Mechanics of a Trans-Border Waste Flow Tracking Solution Based on Blockchain Technology

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