Geo Tracking of Waste, Triggering Alerts and Mapping Areas with High Waste Index

This paper aims to improve the efficiency of the garbage collection process by developing a system for monitoring waste levels in garbage bins using ultrasonic sensors and connecting them to Arduino Uno board for sending the measurements like the amount of waste level to the user. Two smart dustbins were designed for home use and public use which are monitored in real-time using the mobile applications. Notification alerts are also sent when the amount of waste exceeds a certain threshold level. These dustbins are connected wirelessly using Zigbee based transceiver in the form of a mesh network to facilitate the transfer of the amount of waste present in these dustbins to the nearest garbage collection truck and an optimized shortest route to be followed by the garbage collector truck is calculated. The proposed system is user friendly, compact and cost-effective requiring minimum human intervention.