In developing countries, solid waste management is a serious problem. This leads to several issues such as air pollution, soil pollution, etc. Increased population and people's unawareness of solid waste management are reasons for such problems. Sometimes, there will be an overflow of waste in the bin or garbage collection is often not done at a time which causes a bad odor. This also leads to the rise of many pathogens which can cause many diseases. In India, two dustbin systems, i.e. blue and green are used for the collection of garbage. The green one is for wet waste and the blue colored dustbin is for dry waste. But, as most people are unaware of these, so they throw their garbage into any of the dustbins irrespective of their usability. The complexity of waste management increases in places like hospitals, where four or five dustbins are used. The present study aims in design and development of waste collection system with an integrated sorting mechanism. A sorting mechanism was designed and fabricated for metallic, plastic, and paper waste from mixed waste. Inductive and capacitive sensors were used in integration with programmed Arduino Uno to sort different types of waste. A Wi-Fi module-based alert system was also integrated with the bins so that overflow of waste could be avoided.

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Design and Development of a Smart Waste Collection System with an Integrated Sorting Mechanism

  • Ashish Kumar,
  • Kapil Meena,
  • Tushar Meena,
  • Tashi Dandup Negi,
  • Nitin Dixit

摘要

In developing countries, solid waste management is a serious problem. This leads to several issues such as air pollution, soil pollution, etc. Increased population and people's unawareness of solid waste management are reasons for such problems. Sometimes, there will be an overflow of waste in the bin or garbage collection is often not done at a time which causes a bad odor. This also leads to the rise of many pathogens which can cause many diseases. In India, two dustbin systems, i.e. blue and green are used for the collection of garbage. The green one is for wet waste and the blue colored dustbin is for dry waste. But, as most people are unaware of these, so they throw their garbage into any of the dustbins irrespective of their usability. The complexity of waste management increases in places like hospitals, where four or five dustbins are used. The present study aims in design and development of waste collection system with an integrated sorting mechanism. A sorting mechanism was designed and fabricated for metallic, plastic, and paper waste from mixed waste. Inductive and capacitive sensors were used in integration with programmed Arduino Uno to sort different types of waste. A Wi-Fi module-based alert system was also integrated with the bins so that overflow of waste could be avoided.