Iot Bin
Iot Bin
Iot Bin
ISSN 1990-9233
IDOSI Publications, 2017
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.mejsr.2017.995.1000
Abstract: The Collection of waste is a very much needed municipal service that requires huge expenditures and
execution of this operation is high-priced. The high pricing is due to the various factors such as man power,
navigation of vehicles, fuel, maintenances and environmental costs. The above factor necessitates the design,
implementation and execution of the intelligent smart bin for proper management of waste. This paper focused
on the implementation of an IoT based embedded system which integrates Radio Frequency Identification
(RFID), Sensors, Arduino controller and GSM for solid waste bin and truck monitoring system with their
performance measured in real time environment. Web based android applications were developed to interface
with a web server to intimate the municipality regarding the cleaning process performed by the workers.
This system provides a database of the information of bin status, amount of waste in the bin, time of the
collection of waste are transmitted to monitor and efficiently manage the waste collection strategies. This data
was processed by graph theory optimization algorithms to find the shortest path for the purpose of reaching
the bin to reduce the cost.
Corresponding Author: J. Ms. Kokila, PG Scholar, Dr. N G P Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
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done. Very often the wastes are not collected from each Implementation of the above smart bin can prevent
and every waste bin properly due to drivers attitude and lumping of the trash for a longer period of time thereby
lethargy [1]. preventing the widespread of diseases to a great extent
An embedded system using sensors, ARM 7 and promising a clean environment in the city [8].There is
controller and ZigBee technology for management of a decrease in the environmental and operational cost as a
garbage or solid waste was implemented [2]. The sensors result of optimization of the resources and an effective
are placed in the garbage bins at the public places. When usage of smart dustbins. It has indirectly reduced the
the pre-defined level of the garbage in the smart bin is traffic in city. In major cities the waste gathering vehicle
reached, indication will be given by the controller to the visit the areas everyday twice or thrice depends on the
driver of waste collection truck. This system creates population of the particular area and sometimes these
immediate attention but did not focus on segregation of dustbins may not be full. Informing the status of each and
waste. every dust bin in real time to the concerned authority can
The above stated disadvantages were overcome by send the garbage collection vehicle only when the
proposing an e-monitoring system that consists of dustbin is full [9].
RFID technology interfaced with PIC micro-controller and This work has focused on the implementation of
a web based computerized software [3]. This centralized smart waste management system using sensors, Arduino
GUI tool can be accessed from anywhere for the and GSM technology integrated with IoT. The status of
information to be viewed by different category of people. the bin is continuously monitored at the control station to
This facility also helps the public to lodge their provide a user interaction with the system. The values
complaints and comments. It has been explored in the stored in the database helps a user to have the updated
laboratory environment as well as in the field status of the data in the bin as well as the previous values
environment. The test results show that the system of the parameters of the bin. This collected data from the
functions properly and is working real time. Municipality bin can be used in the optimization of routes for the
can monitor the MW collecting status through the system collection trucks for efficient use of resources in the waste
and can produce different reports to improve the management system [10].
performance of their service.
To reduce the cost, integrated sensing system were System Implementation: The proposed architecture of
designed using rule based decision procedure that is IoT based wastemanagement system shown in Fig. 1 is
efficient and intelligent can be used to automate any solid categorized into three modules.
waste bin management and monitoring system [4]. Smart Control and lid Sensing System Ultrasonic
Pavithra et al. [5] developed a system to intimate the Sensor, PIR Sensor, Servomotor, RFID Reader
clearance of waste to the corporation office by Transceiver Unit GSM, Wi-Fi, ThingSpeak
positioning the sensor and microcontroller in thetrash bin. Smart Display Unit - LCD, Database, Monitor Section
An alarm indication is also incorporated to confirm the
clearance of waste. This set up helps the municipality for The Fig. 2 shows the process flow of the implemented
the immediate disposal of bin thus reducing the spread of system. A PIR sensor is a motion detector sensor which
disease. detects the heat emitted naturally by human. Whenever a
The researcher introduced additional sensors, IR person is in the field of vision nearer to the garbage bin,
sensors, Humidity sensors and Toxic gas sensors to the sensor is triggered and the servo motor automatically
measure the status of bin [6]. The processor transmit the opens the smart bin for the disposal of waste. Lid Sensing
bin filling alert, Humidity alert and Toxic gas alert to the system detects the overflow status of the garbage level in
Municipal Corporation via SMS intimation with the help the dustbin using ultrasonic sensor. This Smart Trash Bin
of GSM technology in order to reduce waste dumping. is interfaced with Arduino and whenever the lid sensing
Further modifications were also performed in the category system is activated, a signal is transmitted through the
of processing and recycling of the waste. The separations GSM module to the server in the municipal office. After
of five types of plastic resinsusing NIR spectroscopy to the disposal of waste, the above process is confirmed by
produce biogas from the rest of biodegradable waste were the yardman using RFID Tag. RFID reader reads the tag
introduced. The NIR reflectance spectroscopy scheme and sends the status of cleaning to the server confirming
helps to distinguish and eliminate plastic item from MSW the work done. The LCD screen is used to demonstration
and provides all biodegradable substance that can be the status garbage collected in the bins. Wi-Fi module
further used in biogas plant [7]. helps us to send the details of the smart bin at the receiver
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Smart BIN
Activation of Smart
Control and Lid sensing
System
Emptying the
Garbage to the
Garbage Level Read the Truck
>15 cm PIRSensor
WI-FI module
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Fig. 3(a): Result of the Garbage Monitoring System Fig. 3(b): Result of the Garbage Monitoring
implemented in real time System implemented in real time
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