sensis+wiegon wins the “GreenEconomy.IN.NRW” competition with its digital recycling center

On November 7, 2024, sensis+wiegon was one of the 41 winners of the prestigious “GreenEconomy.IN.NRW” funding competition organized by the Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MUNV). With its innovative “Recycling center of the future” project, the competence cluster made an important contribution to the ecological transformation in North Rhine-Westphalia.

With its solution for the modern recycling centre, sensis+wiegon sets new standards in the digitalization of waste management and shows how recycling processes can be made more efficient and user-friendly. The award-winning project is based on a concept that was developed in close cooperation with the Tyrolean company wiegon. The digital recycling center, which is already successfully in use in over 30 municipalities in Tyrol, enables fully automated handling of all waste-related processes. From licence plate recognition at the entrance, self-service terminals and a citizen app to central monitoring via a control centre - digitalization ensures optimized control of customer flows and a significant reduction in the workload for employees.

“We are delighted that our project won an award as part of the GreenEconomy.IN.NRW competition. The digitalization of the recycling centre shows that modern technologies not only benefit citizens, but also companies and waste management employees. This is a decisive step on the way to a sustainable circular economy,” said Margit Klinken, shareholder of sensis GmbH, at the award ceremony.

The NRW award scientifically underlines the character of the sensis+wiegon competence cluster concept and confirms that the digital solution can also be implemented in other cities and municipalities. The project thus contributes to the state's environmental economy strategy, which is funded by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (MUNV). The strategy aims to support innovative and sustainable projects in order to further strengthen the digital circular economy in the state.

Presentation at the 8th SUMMIT Umweltwirtschaft.NRW

On November 7, 2024, sensis+wiegon presented its award-winning project at the 8th SUMMIT Umweltwirtschaft.NRW in Düsseldorf. The SUMMIT, which was held under the motto “From practice: How companies accelerate innovation”, offered an ideal platform for networking with other stakeholders from business, science and politics and for gaining impetus for future developments. As part of the closing event, sensis+wiegon took to the stage together with 40 other winning projects from the “GreenEconomy.IN.NRW” competition and posed for a joint photo with Viktor Haase, State Secretary at MUNV.
 

About sensis+wiegon

sensis+wiegon is a leading competence cluster in the field of digitalization and automation of circular economy processes. With its innovative software and hardware solutions, it enables municipalities and waste management companies to manage and control their waste processes more efficiently, thus contributing to a modern and sustainable circular economy. sensis+wiegon's projects repeatedly demonstrate its role as a pioneer in the digitalization of tomorrow's circular economy and make it stand out as a leading trendsetter in the industry.

Photos: Ulrich Schepp/KNUW

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