Making waste disposal more efficient can cut costs for cities while also keeping them cleaner overall. We've created an Internet of Things solution that makes it easy to monitor waste levels in trash bins. In this video, we show you how to build a smart trash can application that monitors how full a can is and lets you know when it needs to be emptied. If the volume of trash in the can reaches a certain threshold, the can will send an alert to the sanitation department using Zendesk. Then, when the can is emptied, it will create an event in a Google Calendar to log the activity.