Real-Time Monitoring of Waste Management

Abstract

The Real-time Monitoring of Waste Management is a new approach to help reduce the overflow trash in the garbage bin. The traditional waste management are still applied in Malaysia and it is not efficient to alert the worker in a wide range of area. As an alternative, this system has been integrated with Internet of Things (IoT) in order to monitor the trash level through a cloud database called Ubidots platform. IoT approaches provide the user a real-time monitoring system. Therefore, the user can monitor the trash level from the office without the need to check the garbage bin one by one. This project utilized an ultrasonic sensor to detect the trash level in the garbage bin. In addition, the Wemos D1 mini was used as a microcontroller that will process the input and output of the system. Then, the processed data will be sent to the Ubidots platform. By utilizing this system, the waste monitoring system was successfully implemented in a real-time monitoring and the warning message could be sent to the workers that in-charge in collecting the trash. This system should benefit the community and authorities because of the cost efficiency and reduced man power in managing the waste.