Design and Implementation of Smart Waste Management System

In our technologically advanced period, where urbanization is fast rising, waste accumulation is also increasing steadily. Making cities smart has become the need of the hour in order to tackle this problem. Though literature shows several methods for the implementation of smart cities, the problem still remains. One general issue while designing a system for waste management is the segregation of different types of waste. Manual segregation is still being followed in most of the cities. This paper proposes a smart waste management system that can differentiate and store biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste separately using a set of sensors such as ultrasonic, IR, moisture and inductive sensors. The proposed system also does segregation of the non-biodegradable waste as plastic, wood, and metal.