IoT based Trash Can Monitoring System for Smart Garden Cleanliness

F D Moris,D Widjaja

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/1115/1/012053

F D Moris, D Widjaja

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/1115/1/012053

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Abstract

Garbage is always produced every day, including household trash and many kind of waste. IoT based Trash Can Monitoring System was designed to automatically maintain the garden cleanliness and help to ease the cleaning staff work. This system uses two controlled trash bins with different location identity (ID). There are many devices to build this system, such as NodeMCU microcontroller, Thingspeak as an IoT platform, two ultrasonic sensors to detect the height of trash and approached object, two servo motors to control can cover and disposal outlet, and solenoid as a locking part. The results of this work show that the system designed works well. Location ID of the two trash cans, approached object detection, measurement of garbage height inside the trash can, opening and locking of disposal outlet and cover, work with 100% success rate and all data can be sent to Thingspeak without any error.

Highlights

Garbage is produced every day, both waste from organic substances or from inorganic substances [1]-[4]
There are many devices to build this system, such as NodeMCU microcontroller, Thingspeak as an IoT platform, two ultrasonic sensors to detect the height of trash and approached object, two servo motors to control can cover and disposal outlet, and solenoid as a locking part
Location ID of the two trash cans, approached object detection, measurement of garbage height inside the trash can, opening and locking of disposal outlet and cover, work with 100% success rate and all data can be sent to Thingspeak without any error

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Introduction

Garbage is produced every day, both waste from organic substances (vegetables, meat, leaves, etc.) or from inorganic substances (plastic, glass, paper, rubber, metal and so on) [1]-[4]. This work on remote monitoring of trash can and automatic trash can lid opener aims to increase public awareness in making trash in its place and make it easier for cleaning staff to monitor the garbage inside the trash can. This system uses two controlled trash bins to differentiate the location, NodeMCU microcontroller, Thingspeak IoT platform as monitoring server, two ultrasonic sensors to detect the height of the garbage and the approached object, two servo motors to control top cover and automatic disposal cap, and the solenoid as a disposal cap locking system.

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