IoT based Automatic Waste segregator

Abstract

Segregation of waste at the household level is the need of the hour since segregating waste at the dumping ground is burdensome and usually ineffective. The paper aims to reduce human intervention in the process of segregation of garbage while ensuring proper segregation of waste with minimal efforts. This paper proposes an IOT based automatic waste segregator system. It detects and segregates the waste as dry, wet, and metallic waste at the household level and also aids in real-time monitoring of garbage level in dustbins. The system detects the arrival of debris using an ultrasonic sensor and after that checks for any metal content in the waste by using the metallic sensor. Furthermore, the trash is separated as the dry and the wet residue with the use of the capacitive detector. Once the trash is detected and separated, the wipers help to move the trash over the respective bins, and then the platform flips. Additionally, the system displays the garbage level of the dustbins on the LCD screen as well as sends a message to clean it if it's full by the use of GSM and Arduino. Experimental results depict that the isolation of waste into metallic and non-metallic waste and further into wet and dry waste has been successfully implemented using the proposed system.