Patrick Okot, Oscar Okello, Geoffrey Okello, Matthew Kica | International Journal of Embedded Systems and Emerging Technologies | Vol 10, Issue 01 | pp. 27-44 | ISSN: 2456-723X
Abstract
Most cities today are faced with challenges of garbage management which are brought about by indiscriminate damping by the inhabitants. This has led to littering of garbage in the community hence, unhealthy living conditions. Such littering of garbage also leads to the spread of diseases. Currently, municipal authorities are unable to sufficiently respond and collect the garbage due to constraints like the lack of a notification system to remind them when the garbage cans are full or about to spill. This study sought to mitigate the above problems by developing an Automated Garbage Bin Monitoring System. In the system, the level of garbage is automatically detected by an ultrasonic sensor/humidity sensor, and a notification is sent via SMS using a GSM connected to an Android Phone. After receiving the SMS on an application running on a Smartphone, a driver is dispatched to carry and empty the bin.
Keywords:Garbage Collection, Bin monitoring, Embedded System, SMS, Arduino, Gulu Municipality.
Keywords
Arduino, Bin monitoring, SMS, Embedded System, Garbage Collection
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How to cite this article
@article{OkotP2024,
author = {Patrick Okot and Oscar Okello and Geoffrey Okello and Matthew Kica},
title = {Automated Garbage Bin Monitoring: An Embedded System Approach},
journal = {International Journal of Embedded Systems and Emerging Technologies},
year = {2024},
volume = {10},
number = {01},
pages = {27--44},
issn = {2456-723X},
url = {https://journalspub.com/publication/ijeset/article=9931}
}