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Dublin's Bigbelly Smart Bins: Fill-Level Alerts and a Smaller Bin Count

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 12 claims and 5 source dossiers.

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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-54761dda431c2e04 quantitative
awarded the Irish firm Kyron Street a contract worth €2 million, excluding VAT, for solar-powered Bigbelly compactor bins
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report: 'Irish firm Kyron Street was awarded the contract to provide the smart bins' and 'The contract is worth €2 million, excluding VAT, according to a tender award notice recently published by the local authority.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Irish Times, on the 800-bin contract (media)
Claim 2 clm-a3fe89b06fd6c5a8 descriptive
crush the waste inside and report in real time when they need emptying
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The Irish Times says the bins 'have real-time information to tell waste collectors when the bin is full'; the Dublin Inquirer quotes the council's smart city lead: 'Every one of those bins is communicating back in real time.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Irish Times, on the 800-bin contract (media)
  2. Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media)
Claim 3 clm-5e62754b4a57c7ce quantitative
the tender sought up to 800 of them
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The Inquirer: 'In its tender last year, the council said it was looking for up to 800 solar-powered compactor litter bins.'
Caveat
The Irish Times reported the contract as '800 solar-powered bins'; by 2019 the council's smart city lead put purchases at about 300.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media)
Claim 4 clm-d41ff5d355b2a336 quantitative
installed 110 of the bins in the Docklands under a 30-month pilot, where staff see each bin's fill level on an online map
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The project page: the council 'partnered with Big Belly Bins (supplied by Irish company Kyron Street) to install 110 smart bins across the Dublin Docklands area over a 30-month period', with the capacity of each bin shown on 'an online dashboard digital map'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Docklands, Smart Bin Innovation Services project page (official)
Claim 5 clm-fc44869769fd2442 quantitative
Bigbelly configured the council's 350 bins to time-stamp each deposit as a measure of street activity, and small radar sensors went onto around 20 of them
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
Cities Today: 'Bigbelly configured its system to include time stamps, triggered each time rubbish is deposited'; the programme manager: 'Our 350 bins are in parks, the city centre and the suburbs'; 'Small radar sensors have also been placed on around 20 of the bins'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Cities Today, on the bins' pandemic repurposing (media)
Claim 6 clm-7592d294a5253d19 quantitative
lists 437 Bigbelly bins
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The register's CSV (Bin_Type column) records 437 entries as 'Bigbelly Bin' — a count of rows, so there is no sentence to quote; the dataset page shows 'Last updated 2026-05-01'.
Caveat
The register records where a Bigbelly bin stands, not whether its sensor still reports.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dublin City Council, public bin locations dataset (official)
Claim 7 clm-52d1a07d9c563835 quantitative
cut bin collection frequencies in the Docklands by as much as 85%
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The project page lists among outcomes: 'Reduction of bin collection frequencies in the Docklands by as much as 85%.'
Caveat
The figure is the programme's own; no baseline or measurement method is given.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Docklands, Smart Bin Innovation Services project page (official)
Claim 8 clm-ef9fae405c51ec08 descriptive
advertising revenue on the bins reduced their overall cost
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The project page: 'Revenue received from local advertising on the bins reducing the overall cost of the bins'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Docklands, Smart Bin Innovation Services project page (official)
Claim 9 clm-4616d19cc38329fb descriptive
would continue to be evaluated for operational and fiscal viability
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The project page: 'The 30-month pilot would continue to be evaluated for operational and fiscal viability'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Smart Docklands, Smart Bin Innovation Services project page (official)
Claim 10 clm-f83516af64680ee5 quantitative
put the cost at about €1,000 per bin per year, declining to break it down for reasons of commercial sensitivity
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The Inquirer: 'Each bin costs about €1,000 per year, says Cudden. "I can't break it down into different components because of commercial sensitivities," he said.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media)
Claim 11 clm-b5ffdd47a9865a40 quantitative
The tender aimed to cut the number of on-street bins by about 20 per cent
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The Irish Times: the bins 'could reduce the number of on-street rubbish bins by 20 per cent'; the Inquirer: the council 'said it was looking to cut the number of litter bins on the streets in its area by 20 percent'.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Irish Times, on the 800-bin contract (media)
  2. Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media)
Claim 12 clm-b0c25de2e4cb0fa4 quantitative
Councillors objected that parts of the city were already short of bins, the council's count having fallen from roughly 5,000 to 3,091 since its 2008–2011 litter plan
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The Inquirer quotes councillors worried about a shortage of bins and states: 'There were roughly 5,000 bins in the Dublin City Council area when the Litter Management Plan 2008–2011 was drawn up. That had fallen to 3,500 bins by the time the 2016–2018 plan was written – and, more recently, to 3,091.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media)

Source dossiers and revision state

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Dublin City Council (bins supplied by Kyron Street Ltd, Irish distributor of Bigbelly)
Actor types
city-government, private
Funding model
public
Funding description
Dublin City Council; advertising on the Docklands bins offsets part of the leasing cost
Cost
Contract worth €2 million excluding VAT (2018 tender award); about €1,000 per bin per year according to the council's smart city lead (2019)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

5 source dossiers

Irish Times, on the 800-bin contract (media) irishtimes.com · 3 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-19b3e69facc48da9
Publisher
Name not classified · irishtimes.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-05-28
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-25
Dossier created
2026-09-25
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Report of 28 May 2018: Dublin city centre is to get 800 solar-powered compactor bins that could reduce the number of on-street bins by 20 per cent; Kyron Street was awarded the contract, worth €2 million excluding VAT according to the council's tender award notice; the bins tell waste collectors in real time when they are full. It notes more than 3,500 bins across the council area.

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Claims linked
Dublin Inquirer, on the Bigbelly roll-out and its costs (media) dublininquirer.com · 5 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-826bd41f4bd68b7e
Publisher
Name not classified · dublininquirer.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-09-18
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-25
Dossier created
2026-09-25
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Report of 18 September 2019: the council's smart city lead says every bin communicates in real time, 110 bins are installed in the Docklands in a partnership with Bigbelly and about 300 more were bought under the tender for up to 800, at about €1,000 per bin per year. Councillors question the aim of cutting bin numbers by 20 per cent; the article traces the council's bin count from roughly 5,000 under the 2008–2011 litter plan to 3,091.

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Claims linked
Smart Docklands, Smart Bin Innovation Services project page (official) smartdocklands.ie · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-cc951c9894ee8747
Publisher
Name not classified · smartdocklands.ie
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-25
Dossier created
2026-09-25
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Project page of Smart Docklands, the council's Docklands smart-city programme: 110 Bigbelly bins supplied by Kyron Street installed over a 30-month period, fill levels shown on an online dashboard map, collection frequencies in the Docklands reduced by as much as 85%, advertising revenue offsetting the leasing cost, and a statement that the pilot would continue to be evaluated. The page shows no date of its own.

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Claims linked
Cities Today, on the bins' pandemic repurposing (media) cities-today.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-17a17a2e78519539
Publisher
Name not classified · cities-today.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2021-02-26
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-25
Dossier created
2026-09-25
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Report of 26 February 2021: in a pilot with the council, Bigbelly configured its system to time-stamp each deposit; the smart city programme manager describes 350 bins in parks, the city centre and suburbs; small radar sensors were placed on around 20 bins.

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Claims linked
Dublin City Council, public bin locations dataset (official) data.smartdublin.ie · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-8fbb809db86bf971
Publisher
Name not classified · data.smartdublin.ie
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-08-16
Updated
2026-05-01
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-09-25
Dossier created
2026-09-25
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The council's open register of public bin locations (CC BY), updated monthly. The May 2026 file lists 3,434 bins by type, 437 of them recorded as 'Bigbelly Bin'.

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Claims linked
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.