Design and Implementation of a Plastic Waste Sorting System

Since its development in the 1950s, plastic has been in great demand and is used daily everywhere in the world. With its success came a lot of problems faced globally in the form of plastic pollution. This pollution stems from improper disposal of plastic wastes which can be solved via effective disposal, recycling and reuse of plastics [1]. Hence, the design and implementation of a plastic waste sorting system. The designed project will be used in plastic recycling and waste management industries. It consists of a rotating container which houses two sensors (color and weight sensor) for efficient sorting of the plastic wastes. The overall system's efficiency is 73% and the system's performance was satisfactory.