Here’s a garbage bin that gifts its users free WiFi

Realising the need of the Internet in everyday life, two commerce graduates decided to give free WiFi to people in exchange of a cleaner surrounding with an unique initiative — a ‘WiFi Trash Bin’.

“When somebody dumps trash into a dustbin the bin flashes a unique code, which can be used to gain access to free WiFi, says Prateek Agarwal, one of the two founders of the initiative.

Mumbai-based Agarwal and his partner Raj Desai, a <g data-gr-id="18">self taught</g> programmer, travelled extensively to countries like Denmark, Finland, Singapore etc and realised that keeping surroundings clean needed apart from a difference in structure, a change in the attitude of people. 

“We took a lot of help from countries like Finland, Denmark, Singapore etc and decided to build a system similar to that,” says Pratik. The duo hit upon the idea while visiting the NH7 Weekender a music festival which is spread around a large area and as music festivals go is home to music food drinks <g data-gr-id="24">and of course</g> a lot of garbage.

“ ...It took us six hours to find our friends. Since there was no network, we could not reach them 

through a phone call. It was the trigger for the idea and we thought why not provide free WiFi to people using hotspots,” says Pratik.

Keeping the place clean and helping to connect with their friends were the driving force behind their innovative project.