Waste Tracking System (Pilot)
Sydney, Australia
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Overview
Online waste tracking system to track the movement of bulk waste from Veolia's transfer stations to Tarago (Woodlawn) treatment and disposal locations.
Role
Project Manager, Programmer (Nodejs + AngularJS)
Descripton
Veolia operate two transfer stations in Sydney (Clyde and Banksmeadow) where waste is loaded into shipping containers and transported by rail to the Woodlawn Bio-precinct (Southeast of Goulburn).
At Woodlawn, the waste is disposed of in either a Mechanical Biological Treatment Plant or a Landfill Bioreactor.
Veolia has made contractual commitments with certain customers to meet landfill diversion targets. To verify that these diversion targets are meet, an application was required to track the compacted from certain customers to final disposal location.
The pilot online tracking system includes;
- Compactor PLC and HMI code modification to capture container loading data
- Receive and process weighbridge data from corporate ERP system
- File transfers from PLC to application server
- SQL database development
- Nodejs application server
- Web application including production dashboard, compactor KPIs, waste diversions report
Challanges
There were several challenges on this project,
- Short delivery time (8 weeks)
- Unfamiliar technologies
Accomplishments
Implemented a successful pilot (sufficient to gain funding for a production implementation).