Design ideas and MVP

Really you don't even need an algo for an MVP.

A really simple, but inefficient MVP would be: for the driver or (more sophisticated) an automated system to log the measurement of each load with the date, time (and coordinates) of the collection with the account associated with the ratepayer of the address in a logbook, tablet, laptop or onboard computer. The driver or a passenger could optionally verify this data during the trial until a sufficient degree of reliablity is obtained.

Another, less capital-and-technology intensive and more labour-intensive solution that might be more suitable for developing countries is to have a weight machine that can weigh a full bin, substract the weight of an empty bin to get the weight of the contents, log this, and deduct an amount from an account based on this measurement. This solution would also be appropriate for rear-loading or front-loading garbage trucks, where respectively three or two people crews are required, rather than a single person for an automated side loader. However, the solution is more prone to fraud, corruption, malicious behaviour, is less transparent and auditable, etc. Perhaps if the weight machine also had an internal computer that could log the address (via e.g. GPS and/or mobile data if available) that would be a middle ground.

For a more sophisticated and automated solution with a side-loader, as outlined in the readme, there'd be algos for following a route and tracking the address via GPS/mobile data (and initially or ongoing with human verification like in somewhat autonomous cars); an algorithm for logging the weight measured to the account associated with the address; and another algo for debiting an amount from the account based on the weight and the rate per unit kg. But I think it would be best to write these algos only after getting more interest or more concretely funding from councils and a partnership with a garbage manufacturer who agrees to a trial (or with funding a truck is purchased for modification) to fit a weight machine.