GSMA | Mobile Alert Toilets: Using sensors to improve waste management in sanitation
Introduction by Zach White, Insights Manager, GSMA In this guest blog from Mobile Alert Toilets (MAT), Joyce Klu (MAT founder and CEO) and Denzel Wamburu (MAT data engineer) take a close look at how sensor technologies are advancing and how these can be used in sanitation services and businesses. The need for, and potential of, sensors to improve sanitation service delivery is clear. By monitoring a set of ‘distributed assets’ (the toilets) cheaply, safe sanitation providers can optimise collections and, in doing so, lower costs. Currently, the costs of safe sanitation provision and custo...