IOT Based Intelligent Bin for Smart Cities

Abstract

The method of connecting the objects or things through wireless connectivity, Internet
called Internet Of Things. Nowadays a variety of tasks are based on IOT. Cities in the world
are becoming smarter by implementing the things around using IOT. This is a new trend in
technology. Smart cities include obstacle tracking, object sensing, traffic control, tracking of
our activities, examining the baby, monitoring home lights and so on. One of the objective of
smart cities is keeping the environment clean and neat. This aim is not fulfilled without the
garbage bin management system. The burgeoning of IoT has paved the way for
enhancements in many aspects of life. One issue that needs to be improved is the handling of
garbage collection. This paper proposes an IoT based system that can support the existing
workforce to manage waste generated in the sectors of a city. The proposed system aims at
minimizing the issue of overflowing of community bins by notifying the staff assigned for
collection when the bin is about to be filled completely. The bins to be collected are selected
on the basis of three criteria: 1. fill percentage based on either level or weight (high, low,
medium) 2. day of the week (weekday or weekend) 3. the period of time (morning, afternoon,
evening). The system calculates the shortest possible path including the selected bins and also
provides the real-time status of the bin. The aggregated outcome of the above mentioned
system helps in magnifying the efficiency of work and in the reduction of time and cost to
complete it.

Hence the paper “IOT Based Intelligent Bin for Smart Cities” has been developed.
Bin management is one of the major applications of IOT. The main theme of the project is to
develop an intelligent garbage system for efficient garbage disposal. This paper proposes an
alert system to the municipal corporation by checking the level of garbage and making its
disposal method easier. This process has an ultrasonic sensor which is connected to Arduino
UNO to check the level of garbage in the dustbin and sends the alert to the municipal web
server if garbage is filled or when it reaches the threshold level. After cleaning the dustbin,
the driver confirms the task of emptying the garbage.