Refugo AI Smart Bins
Interactive on-device sorting companions that guide students at the moment of disposal. An elegant bolt-on infrastructure solution built to help Australian schools eliminate contamination and build lasting habits.
Upgrading school yards without replacing bins
Seamless Bolt-On Retrofit
Refugo bolts directly onto existing school bins and waste enclosures. There is no need to replace current campus infrastructure, keeping deployment frictionless.
Weatherproof & Durable
Engineered from commercial-grade materials to operate reliably in outdoor school yard environments through extreme summer heat and winter rain.
100% Offline Security
Operates completely on-device. Zero connection to school Wi-Fi or internal IT networks, eliminating IT setup hurdles and administrative delays.
Point-of-disposal guidance in three steps
Since mobile phones are restricted during school hours, Refugo delivers on-the-spot physical guidance directly at the bin opening where habits are formed.
See
The student holds packaging near the aperture. The optical sensor detects the object and triggers an immediate downward scan.
Rethink
The embedded computer vision model identifies the material composition locally in under 300 milliseconds without sending data to the cloud.
Guide
A clear visual indicator directs the student to the correct bin stream: Organics / FOGO, Mixed Recycling, or Landfill.
On-device intelligence. Fast, offline, and secure.
Refugo executes computer vision models directly on local hardware. By running lightweight inference on-device, the system delivers instantaneous sorting feedback in under 300 milliseconds without network latency.
This privacy-by-design architecture ensures reliable, continuous operation in outdoor school yards while eliminating IT network dependencies and bandwidth overhead.
Extending circular habits beyond the campus gate.
While physical Refugo hardware guides students during phone-free school hours, our Progressive Web App (PWA) allows students to carry positive sorting habits into their households.
Smart Scan
Point smartphone cameras at household packaging for instant sorting guidance.
Impact Telemetry
Campus dashboards tracking items diverted and container recycling totals.
Interschool Challenges
Live leaderboards showing friendly recycling competition between schools.
Educational Modules
Practical sustainability resources for student environmental leaders.
Ready to upgrade your school waste stations?
Rethink Australia offers direct licensing pathways for independent campuses and corporate-sponsored deployment options for government public schools.
Connect with our team to schedule a site evaluation and explore hardware rollout schedules for the upcoming academic term.
