International Journal of Engineering and Technology

Solid waste management is one of the demanding environmental challenges confronted by urban and rural areas of Nigeria. Trash is being thrown in open areas by people without a second thought on the consequences. Such trash gets carried away by wind or rain into the drains and becomes a source of obstruction with time thereby stopping free flow of water. The main problem in waste management is that overflow of garbage occurs in public bins before the next cleaning process is carried out and this has led to huge environmental pollution and epidemics in the society. To avoid all such hazardous scenario and maintain public cleanliness and health, a real time solid waste management system using an autonomous power supply is needed. The main aim of this research is to develop a real time solid waste management system that will be able to monitor the garbage fill level of the waste bin, update an online database and send notification for proper collection at the same time. This process is aided by the ultrasonic sensor which is interfaced with Arduino ATmega328 microcontroller to check the level of garbage filled in the dust bin and send SMS to notify an authorized waste management personnel and also updating an online database. The real time status of the garbage fill level is displayed on a web application which helps the waste management authority to determine the right to carry at any time. In addition, a Solar panel was attached to the waste bin in order to power the waste bin to prevent down time. In this way environmental condition of the country will be improved.