SmartBin-Automatic waste segregation and collection

Abstract

The ever growing human population is imposing a strong demand and pressure on the environment for sustenance. This growth spurt has resulted in a steady increase in the amount of waste being disposed on a daily basis. In most of the developing countries, segregation and timely collection of waste is a major challenge. Due to inefficient waste segregation, a large amount of recyclable content go waste. The waste, if not separated properly, gets mixed up and may eventually leak, resulting in toxicity and may contaminate the ground water table through poisonous methane gas. In this paper, we present SmartBin, a bin that is able to segregate waste at source with no human intervention and can automatically alert the waste collection centre when the bin is full. SmartBin will help solve the waste segregation problem and help build a greener society, with no compromise on health and hygiene.