Automatic waste segregator

In India, the most crucial threat that adds up is the striking amount of waste generated every day by a human being. Around 62 million tonnes of waste is produced each day by 377 million people living in urban India of which 45 million of waste is left untreated and disposed unhygienically causing severe health issues and environmental degradation. Ultimate destination of solid waste in India is at disposal. Thus, a practicable answer could be separating the waste at disposal level. This paper aims to sort the waste into three major classes, namely metallic, wet and dry and further separating dry into paper and plastic. The most important feature of this work is that, it is not only cost efficient but also compact with a simpler design thereby making the waste management system more persuasive. In this paper, we are using Arduino UNO which makes the working of the system to be smooth and convenient making the design to be less complicated. Each of these wastes are detected by the respective sensors and discarded into the bins assigned to them wherein these wastes can be taken for recycling or reusing directly.