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SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Shraddha Golande1, Kaushal Purohit2, Aalok Marathe3, Anuja Ghotekar4,
Ms. Sonam Borhade5

1,2,3,4 B.Tech student, Computer Science, Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science , Pune, India
5B.Tech Professor, Computer Science, Sinhgad Institute of Technology and Science , Pune, India
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Abstract - Current waste management systems are data can then be used to study and assess the limitations
inefficient and costly. Electronic sensors can be used to of the existing waste management system and hence
efficiently manage the waste and significantly reduce the improve the system’s efficiency as a whole. The Internet of
cost of man labor. In this project raspberry Pi is used along Things application in the waste bin is one step towards a
with servo motors and conveyor belt. TensorFlow is used to smart city. With the help of Internet of Things, the workers
build the waste object detection model. Waste will be can get to know the actual fill level of each compartment of
carried by the conveyor belt and servo motors will turn the the segregated waste, which will further help them in the
flaps in order to segregate the waste into solid and wet management phase and also cut the management costs
waste. considerably. The waste can also be segregated in solid
and wet waste. With the help of Internet of Things one can
Key Words: Object detection, waste management also record the number of times the bin has been emptied.
system, TensorFlow
2. Requirements
1. INTRODUCTION
Following are the requirements for the smart waste
2.01 billion tons of municipal waste is being generated management system.
worldwide every year. It is projected to increase at least
by 70% to reach 3.4 billion tons by 2050 due to rapid ● Raspberry Pi 4B (4GB ram or more)
urbanization, population growth and economic ● Moisture sensor
development unless urgent measures are not taken.
Segregation at the source level is critical to its recycling ● Servo motors
and disposal. Lack of segregation, collection and ● Conveyor belt
transportation of unsegregated mixed waste being
dumped in the landfills has an impact on the environment. ● Pi camera (5MP or more)
During such times reducing man labor and automating the
tasks of segregation and collection to increase the 3. METHODOLOGY
efficiency can be helpful and this project helps in achieving
the same. It helps in reducing the labor cost as well as 3.1 IMPLEMENTATION
helps in segregating the waste in the form of solid and wet
waste. The camera module is connected to Raspberry Pi to
capture the waste image for the purpose of object
1.1 INTERNET OF THINGS detection and identification. Waste is dumped on the
conveyor belt and the raspberry pi detects it. After this the
The Internet of Things helps in acknowledging the objects waste will come in front of the moisture detector and then
in the real world with the help of cameras, sensors and the detector will check whether there is moisture present
various softwares who have the ability to process it over or not. After the waste is detected, we will carry out
the internet or other networks used in communication. classification with the help of SVM (Support Vector
Machine) algorithm. And then after applying CNN
Advancements in the field of Internet of Things have made (Convolution neural network) model we can detect the
it possible to improve the existing waste management waste and determine whether it is solid or wet waste.
system. Implementation of the sensors in the waste bin Waste detected is added to the database by calling the api.
along with Internet of Things connectivity allows for the Then the flaps will turn accordingly to dump the waste in
real-time monitoring of the waste being collected, which is the specified bin. If there is moisture present in the waste
absent in the existing waste management system. Data ,then that particular waste will be dropped off at the wet
such as the type of waste, and any necessary data can be waste compartment. Speed of the conveyor is to be
collected from the sensors. This data can then be uploaded considered with reference to the time required by the
to the cloud for storage and processing. The processed object detection model to identify the waste.

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4: Raspberry Pi performs waste image classification using

the CNN model

if waste = paper then

Open paper compartment’s ;
elseif waste = metal then
Open metal compartment’s ;
elseif waste = plastic then
Fig-1:System Architecture Open plastic compartment’s ;
else
Open Wet waste compartment ;

5: Dump waste in the compartment.

3.2 DATASET

Dataset Contains 'cardboard', 'compost', 'glass', 'metal',

'paper', 'plastic', 'trash' and ‘wet waste’ total 8 different
types of waste materials which are used for recycling, and
contain 2187 images belonging to 8 classes. Accuracy can
be improved by adding more images into the dataset.

Fig-2:Sequence Diagram

Fig-3: Use Case Diagram

Fig 5:Waste Dataset

4. CONCLUSIONS

During such times when waste management has become a

Fig-4:System Architecture concern to the world an efficient model is required to
overcome the problems being faced. This project will help
Algorithm to increase the efficiency of the current waste
management system significantly and also help in proper
1: Drop waste segregation of wet and solid waste. This project will also
2: Move the conveyor belt help in cutting the labor costs and also in the management
process.
3: Capture frames using Pi Camera

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5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT BIOGRAPHIES

We would like to thank our Principal Dr. S. D. Markande,

Head of the Department Dr.Geeta S. Navale, our project Shraddha Golande is currently a final year B.student of
Coordinator Mrs. B. D. Shendkar, our guide Ms. Sonam savitribai phule pune University.
Borhade for their valuable advice and technical assistance.

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