Harsha Mohan of new Toronto application developer
Madras Mirchi says the company's mission is to create mobile apps that will "serve, connect and share community services" for the people of the Greater Toronto Area. The first app they have launched for the iPhone is Toronto Waste Pickup--a self-explanatory title for a piece of software that gives users schedules and information about when waste is being picked up in their area and what bins should be used and put it out, and sends a reminder when the time to put out recycling, organics and garbage is near.
It sounds simple enough, but Mohan points out by email that the city currently produces tens of thousands of paper booklets and sends them out by mail right now to help people keep track of the complicated collections schedule. "The number of waste booklets that gets printed out each year, can be greatly reduced, so therefore reducing carbon foot print," Mohan writes, and "the flyers and the amount of paper in order to advertise proper waste disposal and collections can be reduced."
The application is selling for 99-cents right now at the app store.
Writer: Edward Keenan
Source: Harsha Mohan, Madras Mirchi