CLOUD BASED IoT-ENABLED SOLID WASTE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SMART AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES
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Indiscriminate disposal of solid waste is a major issue in urban centers and it
poses a serious threat to healthy living of the citizens. Timely access to reliable
information on the level of solid waste at different locations within the city will help
both the local authorities and the citizens to effectively manage this menace. In this
paper, an intelligent solid waste monitoring system is developed using Internet of
Things (IoT) and cloud computing technologies. Waste containers are strategically
situated within the communities and the fill level of solid waste in each of the
containers is detected using ultrasonic sensors. The sensor data is transmitted to an
IoT cloud platform, ThingSpeak, via a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication link.
At different fill levels, the system is designed to send appropriate notification message
(in form of tweet) to alert relevant authorities and concerned citizen(s) for necessary
action. Also, the fill level is monitored on ThingSpeak in real-time. The system
performance shows that the proposed solution may be found useful for efficient waste
management in smart and connected communities.
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T Technology (General), TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering