Smart City - Open Innovation Challenge - Catalan Solutions

4–6 Nov 2025 | Barcelona - Hospitalet del Llobregat, Spain

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ChallengeUpdated on 3 September 2025

SMART WASTE COLLECTION: USING IoT and AI for waste management optimization

Open Innovation Specialist at Ecoembes

Logroño, Spain

About

Project Objectives:

We are seeking innovative and efficient solutions that support the development of new waste management models through emerging technologies and existing opportunities.

We are particularly interested in proposals that:

  1. Address data analytics and real-time information capture from containers, trucks, and households to improve system efficiency.

  2. Provide greater granularity and traceability in deposit, collection, and transportation processes to enable the generation of more detailed data and models.

  3. Promote new management systems like Pay-As-You-Throw through efficient technologies and developments that offer an attractive user experience.

  4. Enable the use of generated data for the development of predictive algorithms and the optimization of routes and management equipment.

Eligibility Criteria

  1. Market-ready or pilot-validated product (TRL 6–9), ready for testing.

  2. Capability to develop the project in Spain.

  3. Cost model designed for scaling.

Topic

  • AI
  • Data Management and Analytics
  • Digital Twins
  • Circular Economy
  • Green Districts
  • Urban Planning
  • Waste Management - Services and Resources
  • Waste Management - Technology and Solutions
  • Circular Economy
  • PPP (Public & Private Partnership)

Type

  • Proof of concept/pilot testing
  • Client-provider collaboration (commercial agreement)
  • Access to clients
  • Acceleration/Incubation, mentoring and co-working spaces
  • R+D Services

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