Inspiration
Nowadays various schemes are launched by government for making India clean and green but still people don't follow it because either they are unaware or they are not interested it. Whenever I travel through my city's roads I see litter spread over on the sidewalks. So seeing this I thought I should do something and thus I started this project.
What it does
Considering the smart dustbin it gets opened by just sensing the human which will make it interesting for the users to use and once the bin gets filled it will notify to the administrator so that waste collection would be efficient hence, reducing the litter spread. Now, considering the waste management website it will help users to sell their households wastes to us so that we can get those wastes and dispose them by applying 3Rs method. Also, we will be rewarding the user who sells the most waste, this will generate interest among the users about waste management hence, successfully driving towards sustainable development.
How we built it
I built the smart litter basket using IoT by using ultrasonic sensor, servo motor, jumper wires and Arduino Uno board. On the other hand we built a website using HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP which requires registration of users to create their profile and select the type of waste they want to sell thus, providing an interesting way of household waste disposal with a system of reward granting based the highest amount of waste deposited.
Challenges we ran into
Firstly the challenge I faced was in uploading the code in Arduino board, later I came to know that the Arduino board which I brought was fake. Then I again went to buy a new one and started uploading the code. Then the issue arised for fixing the servo motor so as to open the dustbin completely. But then the bin was not opening completely then again after trying a lot ideas I found a proper place to fix the motor on the bin. Secondly the challenge I faced was for creating a user profile which can remain prefilled when user wants to update it, but after some modifications in code it was achieved.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Creating a user sensing litter basket and a website for users to sell their waste and company to buy those wastes are the achievements that I am proud of.
What we learned
From this project I have learned a lot about IoT and web development concepts.
What's next for Smart Waste Management
Next I am thinking of developing an android app and providing real time tracking of vendors going to collect household wastes and exploring various technologies to make this project innovative so as to contribute in development of smart cities in India.
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