Development of Automated Recycle Bin for Domestic Use using Arduino Uno

Abstract

Domestic waste is one of the biggest contributors to the nation's solid waste generation.  It comprises of all solid waste material produced from household activities such as food waste, bottles, papers, plastic, and aluminum waste. The evolution of waste management has changed from time to time. Solid waste and public cleansing management that is efficient & effective is important to make sure the high quality of life environment stays clean and safe, as well as healthy. Therefore, an automated recycle bin has been developed to separate waste such as paper, plastic and aluminum then segregate it automatically and assign all the waste to its specific bin compartment according to their classes. This bin is operated by using an Arduino UNO microcontroller used together with three other sensors. The infrared sensor is used to detect the presence of paper waste, the LDR light sensor will detect the presence of plastic waste and the inductive proximity sensor will detect the presence of aluminum waste. The result from the test that was carried out shows that the automated recycle bin is reliable and can segregate domestic waste efficiently. It can detect and segregate an average of more than 83% of the waste that is being thrown away.