IOT Based Smart Trash Bin

Abstract

Dynamic increase in the amount of waste and despicable dumping of waste has become a matter of concern because of the threat it causes to the environment. There comes the pivotal role of an automated waste segregate which avoid this plight and also reduces the difficulty of recycling. The importance and the economic value of waste is realized only when it is segregated. Currently there is no such system for segregation of dry and wet wastes. This system proposes a spot automatic waste segregation unit that effectively gives a solution to this problem. . For the separation of wet and dry waste capacitive sensors are used. The benefits of this work are, the waste has a higher potential for recovery and the occupational hazards of waste separating workers is also reduced. IOT Based Smart Trash consists of sensors, microcontroller and SMS module. The sensors detect the garbage level if the level reaches its average or maximum. The waste segregator as the name suggests, segregates the waste into three major classes: dry, wet. Waste is pushed through a flap into the proposed system. The inlet section is provided with open and close mechanism to regulate the flow of waste on to the bin. Wet detecting sensor is used to detect or identify the waste. The signal from the sensor initiates the push mechanism to discard the waste.