IoT based Smart Bin: A Swachh-Bharat Initiative

Abstract

As the world is progressing towards a digital era, technology is being used very judiciously to bring about advancements and also to improve the human lifestyle. Avoiding the implementation of these technological advancements in current lifestyle is like rowing a boat without a paddle. The basic focus is on having the smart sensors to join forces without human participation in order to deliver a new class of applications. The implementation of a smart bin plays an inevitable role in this process. This project aims at the implementation of a smart dustbin using an esp8266 module that has two main pins the trigger pin and the echo pin which are connected to the sensor. It helps to keep the surroundings clean and also help in reducing human labor. The lid / cover of the smart bin open when it detects an object on top of it. This is because of the ultrasonic sensor which is placed both on the top as well as the bottom of the lid. Once the trash has exceeded the set threshold value, the information is sent to another node which is raspberry-pi and this node prints the respective house number onto the monitor with the help of socket programming. For instance, if the timings for collecting the waste in a society is 8 in the morning and 6 in the evening, the person collecting the waste needs to monitor and approach only those houses whose number is being displayed on the screen.