Smart Dustbin with Scrap Crusher for Office Premises

Abstract

Abstract

Waste management has become a vital issue today. Daily observation has shown that waste often gets accumulated due to irregular removal of waste from the dustbin. A solution to such a problem is a ‘Smart Dustbin’. This will help to overcome the negligence either shown by people to throw the waste in dustbin or by the authorities to clear the dustbin at regular interval of time. The smart dustbin has been designed keeping in view the concept of line follower robot car and Automated Guided Vehicles. Likewise, smart dustbin will move on a predetermined path marked on floor of office canteen and collects waste from employees. When the dustbin is full with waste, an alarm will be generated and it will stop moving. Upon emptying the dustbin, it will resume its operation. It is an attempt to create a low cost smart dustbin, which includes a single dustbin bucket, an Arduino Uno board and Bluetooth module. IR sensors provide feedback of their respective location. It is also observed that lot of storage space is required to store waste before it is finally cleared by Municipal Corporation. To overcome this, a scrap crushing machine, based on pneumatics, has been developed, which will crush the solid waste to reduced size before storage. This system of smart dustbin with scrap crushing machine is an integration of electrical technology including sensorics, pneumatics technology and programming of microcontroller. This system will be controlled after acquiring feedback from sensors and accordingly corrective action will be taken.

Keywords: Arduino, HC-05, Waste Management, Pneumatics, Scrap Crushing Machine, Automated Guided Vehicles, Line Follower Robot

Cite this Article

Shilpa Sambhi. Smart Dustbin with Scrap Crusher for Office Premises. Recent Trends in Electronics & Communication Systems. 2018; 5(2): 28–34p.