Municipal cleaning is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Increasing demands for sustainability, transparency, and efficiency are being met with heterogeneous fleets from different manufacturers, complex administrative structures, and limited human resources. Demographic change will further exacerbate the shortage of skilled workers in waste management companies in the coming years.

CleanCity.io is the response to this development. Instead of optimizing individual machines in isolation and making them more autonomous, urban cleaning is viewed as an integrated system. After all, the goal is a clean city – every day. The presentation tells the story of Hako's transformation, which is exemplary of the changes needed in German SMEs. He provides insights into CleanCity.io's innovation journey: from initial assumptions about ensuring municipal cleanliness to intensive validation with users and the gradual implementation of a scalable platform strategy in a co-innovation approach with selected municipal waste disposal companies. The project is currently under development and is being continuously expanded in collaboration with pilot partners.

CleanCity.io connects machines, data, processes, and people on a shared platform, creating operational transparency in urban cleaning. Operational data becomes visible, processes become traceable, and decisions are supported by data. The platform is designed to be manufacturer-independent and integrates existing systems rather than replacing them. Step by step, a digital ecosystem is emerging that helps municipalities use resources more efficiently and develop their public services in a sustainable and future-proof manner. For a clean city.