Intelligent Waste Segregation Bin: Advancing Sustainable Practices

Nowadays, waste generation and disposal have become a matter of concern due to an enormous increase in population, urbanization, and industrialization. Landfills are also another problem for waste disposal as their area is very low and decreasing day by day. Waste segregation minimises the risk of human health, social life, and the environment. Waste segregation is the sorting and separation of waste for recycling and easy disposal of waste. Our efforts are centered to construct a smart bin exclusively for household purposes. Our smart bin has a manner of identifying non-biodegradable and biodegradable waste with the assist of sensors and figuring out the type of waste. The biodegradable waste is saved in its section of the bin and the non-biodegradable waste is further divided into landfill waste and recyclable waste. Since segregation on a large scale is hard to manage due to the cost and inaccuracies working at that scale. The smart bin should be able to solve these issues by segregating early rather than trying to segregate it at a larger scale.