Editing Radio-frequency identification (section)

===Waste management===
Since around 2007, there has been increasing development in the use of RFID {{When|date=January 2021}} in the [[waste management]] industry. RFID tags are installed on waste collection carts, linking carts to the owner's account for easy billing and service verification.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Chowdhury|first1=Belal|last2=Chowdhury|first2=Morshed|title=2007 Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference|chapter=RFID-based real-time smart waste management system|date=December 2, 2007|chapter-url=http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30008105/chowdhury-rfidbased-2007.pdf|volume=1|pages=175–180|doi=10.1109/ATNAC.2007.4665232|hdl=10536/DRO/DU:30008105|isbn=978-1-4244-1557-1|s2cid=18506491|via=Deakin University DRO|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The tag is embedded into a garbage and recycle container, and the RFID reader is affixed to the garbage and recycle trucks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waste360.com/route-optimization/rfid-still-early-stages-adoption-waste-industry|title=RFID Still In Early Stages of Adoption by Waste Industry|date=2016-08-10}}</ref> RFID also measures a customer's set-out rate and provides insight as to the number of carts serviced by each waste collection vehicle. This RFID process replaces traditional "[[pay as you throw]]" (PAYT) [[municipal solid waste]] usage-pricing models.