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Artificial intelligence for waste management in smart cities: a review

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Fang, Bingbing, Yu, Jiacheng, Chen, Zhonghao, Osman, Ahmed I., Farghali, Mohamed, Ihara, Ikko, Hamza, Essam H., Rooney, David W. +1 more·2023·Environmental Chemistry Letters

Abstract

The rising amount of waste generated worldwide is inducing issues of pollution, waste management, and recycling, calling for new strategies to improve the waste ecosystem, such as the use of artificial intelligence. Here, we review the application of artificial intelligence in waste-to-energy, smart bins, waste-sorting robots, waste generation models, waste monitoring and tracking, plastic pyrolysis, distinguishing fossil and modern materials, logistics, disposal, illegal dumping, resource recovery, smart cities, process efficiency, cost savings, and improving public health. Using artificial intelligence in waste logistics can reduce transportation distance by up to 36.8%, cost savings by up to 13.35%, and time savings by up to 28.22%. Artificial intelligence allows for identifying and sorting waste with an accuracy ranging from 72.8 to 99.95%. Artificial intelligence combined with chemical analysis improves waste pyrolysis, carbon emission estimation, and energy conversion. We also explain how efficiency can be increased and costs can be reduced by artificial intelligence in waste management systems for smart cities.

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Authors
Fang, B., Yu, J., Chen, Z., Osman, A. I., Farghali, M., Ihara, I., Hamza, E. H., Rooney, D. W., & Yap, P.-S.
Affiliations
  • Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (CN)
  • Queen's University Belfast (GB)
  • Kobe University (JP)
  • Military Technical College (EG)
Corresponding author
  • Osman, Ahmed I.
  • Farghali, Mohamed
  • Yap, Pow-Seng
Venue
Environmental Chemistry Letters
Published
2023-05-09
Volume
21
Issue
4
Pages
1959-1989
ISSN
  • 1610-3653 (ISSN-L)
  • 1610-3661
OpenAlex
W4382182093
Cited by
629
References
209
Citations by year
2026: 195 · 2025: 272 · 2024: 141 · 2023: 21
FWCI
11.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Environmental Chemistry Letters (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
SEUPB (Bryden Centre project (Project ID VA5048))
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
Keywords
artificial intelligence, waste management, smart cities, waste-to-energy, smart bins, plastic waste pyrolysis, waste logistics, illegal dumping, resource recovery, carbon emission estimation

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