Efficient waste collection system

摘要

Waste is an important issue, which needs to be tackled smartly. Wisely, we segregate the waste at our homes for ease at processing and recycling. We observed trash vans/trucks come irregular to homes creating a havoc of households. Due to this many civilians empty their overloaded dustbins in open spaces. This in turn increases environmental pollution. We got inspired from “Swachh Bharat Abhiyan” which is a national campaign by the Government of India, to clean the streets, roads and infrastructure of the country. The citizens want to have better service, lower cost and having easy accessible reports on what has been done and how much it cost. The proposed system aims to schedule trucks by finding shortest path between the almost filled waste bins and bins which have produced harmful gases and gives a route for collection. The system will consist of setting up smart waste bins/ trash cans per society, which will be IoT enabled. These smart bins will transmit information about its fill status and harmful gas levels. Proposed system provides efficient and optimized routes to collect maximum waste with less cost and fuel. The system provides estimated dates for collection of waste, real time bin status, expected fill up dates for the bins, and optimized shortest path for waste collection. The system will summarize the collected information and generate reports.