Abstract
The increase of waste generation has been counted as a significant challenge to big cities worldwide and represents a critical issue for countries with high urbanization rate. The effective use of Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing is the way to change existing MSW management by developing an efficient, cos-effective, and environmentally friendly solution for MSW collection and transportation system. In this paper an IoT-based reference model is described, and a comparison analysis of the available solutions is presented, with the goal to highlight the most relevant approaches.