Intelligent Trash Bin (ITB) with Trash Collection Efficiency Optimization using IoT Sensing

Abstract

As population increases rapidly with the passage of time due to which waste production is also increasing which badly effects the environment. All wastes cannot be decomposed and may produce bad smell and methane gas, increasing land and water pollution. Hence serious waste management is required. Concerned authorities face numerous problems while collecting waste like continuous checking of trash bins status (empty or full) to remove all waste at appropriate time. Existing manual systems of waste management are more costly and require more human resources This research proposes a solution for the sustainability of waste management. The system is divided into two parts: 1) Intelligent Trash Bin (ITB) and 2) Efficiency optimization for trash Collection. ITB is an IoT based automated trash bin which sends notification autonomously to the concerned authority, when it gets filled or fire is detected in it. Android application is used to receive notification from server and waste collector gets navigation targeted ITB's location. The Efficiency optimization for trash Collection is achieved as System checks status of every trash bin within 500 meters radius of vehicle to optimize waste collection efficiency.