Mobile app on bulky waste for reuse and recycling

A lot of bulky waste items, such as furniture, carpets, mattresses etc. are brought to the city amenity site and becoming waste, while still re-useable. IMOG developed in cooperation with the re-use centre a mobile app that fills the gap between the re-use center, citizens, and IMOG (waste collection organization). The aim is to increase the re-use and recycling of bulky items, by educating citizens about the problem, helping them to recognize the best way for the bulky item that they want to get rid of and to link them to the services of the re-use center and IMOG in an easy accessible way. Within the URBANREC app the citizens find tips and tricks about re-use and recycling, a price calculation model, and can easily make reservations on demand, request the dismantling service and other services from the re-use center or IMOG.
IMOG is the inter-municipal waste collection and treatment organization of 11 municipalities in the region of South-West-Flanders. The re-use centers are partly financed by the IMOG and the municipalities. Both organizations and the 11 municipalities work closely together for increasing re-use and recycling of bulky waste.
In the coming years, IMOG will continue to promote the app, stimulating the citizens to use the price calculation model and the instant-request function for the pick-up- or dismantling service of re-usable or recyclable bulky items. Furthermore, targeted notifications will be send to the app-users for special activities.