Dry and Wet Waste Segregation System (Automatic Waste Segregation Using Smart Dustbin)
Dry and Wet Waste Segregation System (Automatic Waste Segregation Using Smart Dustbin)
Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2023 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
ISSN No:-2456-2165
Dry and Wet Waste Segregation System
(Automatic Waste Segregation using Smart Dustbin)
KANUPRIYA1, SHEENAM KHAN2, SHIVANI SHARMA3 , ANCHAL PAL4, SHIVANI RANI5
ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
SHRI RAM GROUP OF COLLEGES, MUZAFFRANAGAR
Abstract:- It is observed in past few years that urbanization For busy places such as campuses, park area, airport, bus stand
increase largely and due to this there is a large increment in etc the smart dustbin is best and dry waste includes items like
the waste production. Due to this the waste management bottle, cans, clothing plastic etc. the food items, soiled food
becomes a very crucial topic in consideration. In this paper wrappers, hygiene product, yard waste, tissues and paper
we introduce the concept of smart dustbin which uses the towels etc are comes under the category of wet waste. When
microcontroller for its operation. This smart dustbin uses the waste is divided into basic streams such as dry, wet and
Arduino microcontroller which is interfaced with ultrasonic metallic, the waste has the greater potential of recovery and
sensor. The ultrasonic sensor is placed inside the dustbin consequently recycled and reuse. The compost or methane or
which measures the status of the dustbin. The both are made by using wet waste. The fertilizer demand is full
microcontroller Arduino is programmed in such a way that filled with the help of compost and biogas demand can be full
the empty part of the dustbin is displayed on the screen in filled with the help of methane. The waste which can be
terms of percentage of height. When the dustbin is recycled or reused is the metallic or plastic waste. The purpose
completely full the display shows zero percent empty. After of the paper is to segregate the waste automatically. It is a cheap
throwing waste people can reuse the dustbin. once the and easy method for segregation system at households. This is
smart dustbins are implemented on the large scale by for sorting the metallic waste, wet waste and dry waste.
replacing the traditional dustbin. The waste can be
managed properly because it can avoid the unnecessary II. LITRATURE SURVEY
lumping of waste on roadside. This smart dustbin can foul
smell from these waste that remain untreated for a long Amrutha Chandra Mohan says that there is no such
time, due to negligence of authorities and carelessness of system which separates the dry and wet waste into categories
public may lead to long term problems. if the waste is not and at household level the metallic waste. At house hold level a
dump on at accurate time it introduce the new problems automated waste segregation system (AWS) can be used which
such as breed of insects, mosquitoes etc these insects create sent the waste directly for processing unit. The automated
nuisance around unhealthy environment. It produces segregation system uses inductive sensor to identify the
fearful diseases. This paper deal with Wet and Dry waste metallic items and capacitive sensor to separate the dry and wet
separately. depending upon the set threshold value. However, it cannot
segregate ceramic into dry waste because it has the higher
Keywords:- GSM, IR sensor, LCD Display, Servo motor, relative dielectric constant as compared to other dry wastes that
Moisture sensor, Buzzer, Ultrasonic sensor. are segregated. By reducing noise we can increase the accuracy
level as well as the efficiency. The ultrasonic sensor is used by
I. INTRODUCTION Nishigandha Kothari to monitor the garbage collection. When
the waste reaches the sensor level an interrupt is sent to the
The AWS (automatic waste segregation) is a garbage microcontroller which works as per the given conditions.
level indicator. It is used Arduino Uno microcontroller. Using
this system we are going to measure the waste level by using III. METHODOLOGY
the ultrasonic sensor and we are going to separate the dry and
wet waste together. When asignal is received by dustbin it As we know that Arduino Uno board consist of
opens automatically. This dustbin also consist of level sensing ATmega328AVR which is the heart of the board as shown in
ultrasonic sensor constantly monitor the level of garbage in the Fig.1. In this paper we describe the effective use of smart
dustbin and it automatically detect if it is about to fill up. In this dustbin which uses the various devices such as microcontroller,
system we mainly concentrate on separating dry and wet waste The microcontroller digital pins D7 and D8 are connected with
at a less cost. This microcontroller base smart dustbin employs ultrasonic sensor echo pin and trigger pin. The ground pins
moisture sensor to segregation effectively. GND of microcontroller and supply pin (+5V) are connected
with ultrasonic board ground pin and supply pin respectively.
In this paper we focus mainly to segregate of waste The digital pin D9 of Arduino is connecting with the pulse
material in particular metal, dry and wet waste. Smart width modulation (PWM) pin of servomotor. Here the
microcontroller base dustbin assists to create a clear, safe and servomotor is used to open the cap of dustbin.
more hygienic environment. It also enhances the efficiency with
reducing management cost and stop road-side waste emissions.
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Volume 8, Issue 8, August 2023 International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology
ISSN No:-2456-2165
For this project and components used, the preset level of
distance between dustbin and hand is fixed to 30 to 70 cm.
Fig. 1: Arduino Uno
The microcontroller Arduino is a open source code IV. RESULT AND CONCLUSION
microcontroller that runs on ATmega 328P micro-controller.
This board is developed byArduino.cc which is an Italy based At the local level such as society’s educational institute,
hardware company. This microcontroller uses the certain park area, building area etc the implementation of the system is
numbers of digital I/O pins and analog I/O pins which are used very effective. It reduces work load of the local authorities. The
for data as well as control transmission. The microcontroller automatic waste segregation (AWS) system is small step
Arduino Uno has 14 I/O digital pins and 6 I/O analog pins. The towards the waste collection smartly. It is also a cost effective
IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is used to program and required the minimum human intervention. It does not have
the board. it support the embedded C and its back end is any hazard to human life. To increase the accuracy of the
constructed with JAVA. The code can be uploaded using system we use the conveyor belt. It is less expensive and easy
Arduino Uno USB port on the board. This USB port of Arduino to install. It is for domestic level. To save time this segregating
Uno can also be used for providing the power to the board by system is very efficient at the domestic level. When we
connecting it with laptop or PC etc. the Arduino Uno consist of implement this system we come across many challenges like
a input power jack along with USB port. A 9V external battery the range of IR sensor, accuracy of moisture etc but with the
can also be used to power the Arduino board. The very common help of some modification we make the system very efficient
sensor used in the field of electronics is IR sensor. This sensor and more reliable.
has a large number of applications at the domestic level as well
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