Urban areas are hosting most of the world’s and will concentrate more people in the nearby future. Urban proximity proved to be an important premise of civilization and continues to fuel economic growth. This transforms cities in material and energy transformation hotspots that eventualy are overloaded with the by products of this processes causing major environmental problems such as air pollution, unhealthy waters and extended landfills for garbadge. Environmental infrastructure in urban areas is addressing these issues, but is should be upgraded in order to harness the benefits of information and communication technologies. In the case of waste management, infrastructure priorities could be considered the mechanical collection system, underground oneumatic collection, energy recovery facilities with clean technologies and widespread use of sensors.