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EC "BLOCKCHAINS FOR SOCIAL GOOD" CHALLENGE - HIN "RUBAC BLOCKCHAIN FOR ON-LINE WASTE MANAGEMENT"

		6. ADHERENCE TO THE AWARD CRITERIA

[please discuss in detail how your application addresses each one of the 5 award criteria specified 
in the Rules of Contest, providing as clear qualitative and quantitative metrics as possible, 
relevant for the area of activity of your application] 

	6.1 Positive social impact
	6.2 Decentralisation and governance
	6.3 Usability and inclusiveness 
	6.4 Viability at large scale
	6.5 European added value 

6.1 Positive social impact  
[both potential and already achieved by the implementation of the solution (which is expected at 
least at a TRL71) at the closing of the submission. This can be demonstrated and quantified in 
different manners, depending on the specific topic addressed; one of such measures is the size of 
the community of users actively engaged by the actual implementation] 

There has been great interest by dog owners and others for better ways of dealing with waste 
including dog excrement around parks

Two examples are:

1	the signatures collected on Sun 30 Jun 2019 for the "Petersham Park Waste Collective 
	[PPWC]"

2	the Report of the positive reaction of 2,322 attendees at 11 difference venues of the 
	presentation of "Closing the Poop Loop" by the Yarra Energy Foundation

In our opinion the Closing the Poop Loop project failed because it only focused on the Biogas
conversion of Dog Excrement to methane and fertiliser and did not consider the whole issue of 
enhanced Park Waste management

6.2 Decentralisation and governance  
[improvements in transparency and accountability (while respecting privacy and/or anonymity) in 
comparison to existing centralised solutions, based on multidisciplinary considerations spanning 
technological (i.e. computing, programming, etc.), social (i.e. sociology, psychology, art, etc.) 
and economic (i.e. innovation, new economic models, etc.) sciences] 

This Project methodology could be used in any park once we have determined the metrics of 
waste measurement over 1 full 1-year cycle

The value of having the information on-line is and automated by Blockchain processes is that 
local rate-payers can see the value of better waste management and how the outcomes could be 
used to offset their rate costs

Examples include the production of methane from the Biogas Digestion waste process from
Petersham Park could be used to off-set the 24-hr CCTV surveillance of the Petersham Park 
Aquatic Centre or the heat and light required by the Park Café

The Volunteer Credits system can provide work and reward for the Inner West Waste Warriors as 
well as provide income for local shops 

Each street could have its own web-site to measure the Waste collected and converted into new 
assets eg converting plastic into electricity

6.3 Usability and inclusiveness  
[i.e. whether the proposed solution is easy to use and affordable and can engage the largest part 
of EU citizens, irrespective of their gender, background, financial capabilities or computer skills. 
This will include an assessment of both the user interfaces and the underlying principles] 

This Waste Management process can be used by any community

The web-system is designed to provide better Waste Management processes and reward the 
community members that wish to be involved

6.4 Viability at large scale 
[cost-efficiency (including detailed considerations and metrics on energy consumption and 
environmental impact), scalability, security, and sustainability models] 

This is why a 12-month Pilot site is required to provide a yardstick of how much waste including 
dog poo can be converted into methane and how much other waste can be redeployed into other 
assets 

6.5 European added value 
[clear added value of the demonstrated implementation for European citizens, in terms of novelty, 
effectiveness in comparison to existing centralised solutions, and other societal, economic or 
environmental aspects]

Effective Waste Management is becoming a priority for every European citizen hence once the 
12-month Pilot project has been completed we will have a benchmark for other cities to modify for 
their own rate-payers

In addition most city waste management do not focus on issues like dog poo or providing ways for 
rewarding local participation by local shop-owners

Hence this is a very novel approach to involve the local community in what is a world-wide 
problem 



 
	E	Key Emails

	E2	Sat 20 Apr 2019 Biogas Digester option for Refugee Sanitation Project

	R	References

	R4	2014-11-07 IBM "Blockchain" solution for the Diamond Industry Video

	R3	1997 Lessons from a Dozen Years of Group Support Systems Research - 4,000 IBM projects

	R2	Sir Evelyn de Rothschild - Director De Beers 1977-1994 & IBM UK 1972-1995

	R1	1987-04-23 RUBAC Automatic eProcess Synchronisation Video




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