AZM team - IoT waste management

Inspiration

Accumulation of wastes in the area of Menna in Mecca

• It is difficult to take away the wastes outside the area. • Only half of the capacity of the compactors is used due to a defect in the design. • It is hard to put the wastes inside the compactor because of it’s height. • The bad odors resulted from the liquids of the wastes. • It is not possible to know the amount of garbage inside the compactor.

What it does

• Internet of Things facilities will be added to the hydraulic compactors to gain a remote control and monitoring capabilities which will drastically enhance the overall performance of the waste management process. • Making sure that the compactor is operating correctly and identifying errors remotely. • Enhancing the door of the compactor in a way that increases its capacity. • Adding an easy to use Mechanism to facilitate placing wastes in the compactor. • Drainage of fluids from compactor into a special container , which is monitored remotely. • Gathering data of the management of the compactors to be used in the future to predict problems and solve them.

How we built it

Connecting an industrial PLC ( Programmable logic controller) to the Internet and this enabling exchange of data in both directions . In addition to a Web based Dashboard application to monitor and control the compactors.