Arduino based Automated Domestic Waste Segregator

摘要

India is the second largest populated country in the world. With rapid urbanization, the amount of waste generated in urban areas has increased tremendously leading to a major concern. Most of them are dumped in landfills directly without proper treatment and segregation. This practice leads to a lot of problems. Groundwater gets contaminated. These landfills act as a perfect breeding ground for mosquitoes, rats and stray dogs. Conservancy staff and rag pickers who are exposed to these landfills develop a lot of health problems. To address this issue, segregation should be done at various levels. The important level of segregation is the source itself. Even primitive segregation at the households could be a turning point in the waste management of the country. The economic value of waste is unexplored in the country. In this article, an automated waste segregator is proposed that segregates the waste into wet and dry waste at the household level using capacitive proximity sensor and inductive proximity sensor, which also detects the bin filling status.