Waste Sorting System Using Arduino Technology For Benedicto College
Waste Sorting System Using Arduino Technology For Benedicto College
Waste Sorting System Using Arduino Technology For Benedicto College
A Capstone Project
Presented to the Faculty of the
Department of Information and Computer Technology,
Benedicto College
By
Arcenal, Lancer
Branzuela, Lovella
Salvacion, Sharomaine
May 2019
APPROVAL SHEET
RECOMMENDED:
ENGR. ALMA GRACE S. TECLING MS. JENNIFER S. POVADORA
Adviser Project Design Instructor
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GRAMMARIAN CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the undersigned has reviewed and went through all the pages of the
proposed Capstone Project with the title of “WASTE SORTING SYSTEM USING
ARDUINO TECHNOLOGY FOR BENEDICTO COLLEGE in line with the set of
structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases and words in the
English Language.
Signed:
Conforme:
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DEDICATION
Lancer T. Arcenal
Lovella Z. Branzuela
Sharomaine P. Salvacion
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
To our dearest families and loved ones who have given their full moral support
and humble consideration when it comes to the undertakings in school i.e., related to our
course especially in attending several meetings in which the time had been consumed a
lot and for being our inspiration in this juncture and also, to our fellow classmates and
friends who encourages us to yearn hard in the midst of the efforts that we gain just to
make this project possible and through them, we can ponder and lift ourselves that we can
surpass all of those difficulties like this.
To all of our instructors who mold us to become a better steward of the society
and to teach us to break every stigma that we’ve encountered so that we could make
ourselves out from our horizons and to our Adviser, Engr. Alma Grace S. Tecling, for
sharing her time, insights and expertise just to make this project perfect.
Thank you so much and God bless your entire day ahead!!
The Proponents
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ABSTRACT
The said project reassures efficient and hassle-free system that can segregate both metal
and non-metal waste objects specifically. We are facing one of the environmental
problems and that is improper waste disposal. The proponents will be using Waterfall
Diagram as a basis step by the details of the study. Based on the interview that was
conducted by the researchers, minority said that they collect the garbage twice per week.
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Requirements
Design
Implementation
Verification
Maintenance
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL SHEET ii
GRAMMARIAN iii
DEDICATION iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT v
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/ABSTRACT vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Figures
Fishbone Diagram 12
Gantt Chart 14
List of Tables
Cost 15
Benefits 15
Requirements Modeling
CHAPTER I – Introduction
o Introduction Proper
Project Context 1
o Theoretical Background 4
o Related Literature 7
o Related Systems 8
CHAPTER IV – Methodology
o Requirements Specifications
Operational Feasibility 12
Fishbone Diagram 12
Technical Feasibility 13
Schedule Feasibility 14
Gantt Chart 14
Economic Feasibility 15
Benefits 15
Requirements Modeling 16
Program Flow Chart 16
REFERENCES
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CURRICULUM VITAE
LIST OF TABLES
Number of Employees: 5
Question Answers
How often do you collect the Once a week Twice or more than a week
garbage? (per week)
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CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Project Context
Effective segregation of wastes means that less waste goes to landfill which
makes it cheaper and better for people and the environment. It is also important to
segregate for public health. In particular, hazardous wastes can cause long term health
problems, so it is very important that they are disposed of correctly and safely and not
mixed in with the normal waste coming out of your home or office. Besides the
environmental benefits of waste management, it is also beneficial to health as well. In the
past, burning waste in the landfill or in the backyard was a common practice. Removing
waste from public areas helps reduce risks to overall health, decreases exposure to
biohazards and reduces infestation of pest. There are causes why some individuals don’t
segregate their waste properly which is they are not aware of the hazards of mixing and
different waste cycles, thinking that this is not their responsibility to segregate the waste
and most of all, they don’t like to put their hands on wastes. Through this, it will give a
greater impact not just to health but also to the environment as well. Nowadays, the
school itself has an improper waste management in which some wastes are being mixed
in a particular trash can and it is one of the major problems encountered by garbage
collectors and maintenance workers.
About 35,580 tons of garbage is generated every day in the Philippines. On the
average, each person in the country produces about 0.5 kg and 0.3 kg of garbage every
day in the urban and rural areas, respectively. For Metro Manila, it is estimated that 8,636
tons of garbage is generated per day, i.e., 0.7 kg per person per day due to its more
modernized lifestyle. The household is the major source of waste in the Philippines at
74%. Moreover, of the total solid waste generated from households, 95% can still be
reused or recycled (43%), or turned into compost (52%). Only 5% is made up of residuals
(4%) and special/hazardous waste (1%) that are no longer usable or biodegradable. Only
40-85% of the waste generated is collected nationwide, implying that 15-60% is
improperly disposed of or littered. The maximum collection rate of 85% is recorded in
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Metro Manila. The uncollected garbage is, unfortunately, burned or dumped anywhere
onto open areas, called open dumps, adding to the now polluted air shed and water body,
and global warming in the country(Castillo, Alicia L.).
With the above-mentioned, the proponents decided to create a project that will
help garbage collectors and maintenance workers when it comes to segregation in which
through that, they would be protected from various illnesses came from the waste
materials in whom they collected. This project can detect waste materials whether it is
metal or non-metal elements using Arduino Platform. This project is very useful in
making the environment free from mixed wastes and also to each individual in earning
discipline when it comes to throwing their garbage.
Garbage Collectors/Maintenance Staff- with the help of this project, they will no
longer separate wastes manually in which they will get various illnesses in using bare
hands.
Students/Teachers- with this project, they will earn discipline and they will be educated
through the proper ways of garbage disposal. They can also give a greater contribution to
the environment.
School- they will guarantee improvement when it comes to their waste management and
also when it comes to the health risk that they get from holding garbage container lids.
Government- through this project, instead of spending people’s taxes from large garbage
containers outside that may affects the health of majority through touching the lids, the
container will be modernized in which it will be using sensors and conveyers in detecting
and putting garbage in designated containers.
Environment- it is very useful and efficient especially in making the surroundings clean
and free from greenhouse gases in which it will affects the ozone layer.
CHAPTER II
Theoretical Background
RA 9003 was passed by the Philippine Congress on December 20, 2000 and was
subsequently approved by the Office of the President on January 26, 2001. It contains
seven (7) chapters sub-divided into 66 sections setting out policy direction for an
effective solid waste management program in the country.
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Related Literature
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Related System
The automated waste segregator exactly fits at the source itself. The authorities in each
city such as BBMP in Bangalore will collect the segregated wastes in separate containers
and disposes the waste accordingly. Dry waste is recycled and reused. Wet waste is
turned into compost and can be used to generate biogas. Connect the Arduino board to
PC by using cable. Open the Arduino IDE software, take a new file and type a program
then verify/compile the code. After code compilation, go to Tools select Port:
“Arduino/Genuino Uno” in that selects “Arduino Genuino Uno”. After that again go to
tools select “Port: “COM4 (Arduino/Genuino Uno)”. In the next step we are going to
upload the program to our Arduino board. Once code is uploaded, we get done uploading
command.
If the garbage bin is filled or not that should be also check easily in PC even also in
android mobile phone with the help of Bluetooth SPP pro app for that reason HC-05
module is connected to Arduino Uno board.
Automatic Waste Segregator has been successfully implemented for the segregation of
waste into metallic, dry and wet waste at a domestic level. The system can segregate only
one type of waste at a time with an assigned priority for metal, wet, dry and glass waste.
The experiment has been conducted for wet, dry, glass and metallic wastes. It is found
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that the change of capacitive count value is greater for wet waste and very less for dry
waste. Other objects like glass and wood have intermediate relative dielectric constant
and thus are detected as dry waste. Experimental result shows that the waste has been
successfully segregated into glass, metallic, wet and dry using the Automatic Waste
Segregator.
The idea struck us when we observed that the garbage truck use to go around the
town to collect solid waste twice a day. Although this system was thorough it was very
inefficient. For example, let's say street A is a busy street and we see that the garbage fills
up really fast whereas maybe street B even after two days the bin isn't even half full. This
example is something that actually happens thus it leads us to the ''Eureka'' moment!
What our system does is it gives a real time indicator of the garbage level in a
trashcan at any given time. Using that data, we can then optimize waste collection routes
and ultimately reduce fuel consumption. It allows trash collectors to plan their
daily/weekly pick up schedule.
To start with you will first have to enter the height of the dustbin. This will help us
generate the percentage of trash in the trashcan. We then have two criteria which needs to
be satisfied to show that the particular bin needs to be emptied:
The amounts of trash, in other words, let’s say if your bin is half full you don't really
need to empty it. Our thresh, or maximum amount that we permit of trash is 75% of the
bin. (You could alter the thresh according to your preference.).
If supposing a particular trashcan fills up 20% and then for a week doesn't change, it
comes into our second criteria, time. With time even the little amount will start rotting
leading to a smelly surrounding. To avoid that our tolerance level is 2 days, so if a
trashcan is less than 75% but it is two days old it then will also need to be emptied.
The main concept behind the Smart Dustbin using Arduino project is Object
Detection. I have already used Ultrasonic Sensor in Object Avoiding Robot, where upon
detecting an object, the Robot will change its course of direction.
After setting up the Smart Dustbin and making all the necessary connections,
upload the code to Arduino and provide 5V power supply to the circuit. Once the system
is powered on, Arduino keeps monitoring for any object near the Ultrasonic Sensor.
If the Ultrasonic Sensor detects any object like a hand for example, Arduino
calculates its distance and if it less than a certain predefined value, Arduino will activate
the Servo Motor and with the support of the extended arm, it will list the lid open, After
certain time, the lid is automatically closed.
References:
http://ap.fftc.agnet.org/ap_db.php?id=153&print=1
http://ijaerd.com/papers/finished_papers/AUTOMATED_WASTE_SEGREGATOR_USI
NG_ARDUINO-IJAERDV05I0542857.pdf
https://www.hackster.io/Technovation/smart-garbage-monitoring-system-using-arduino-
101-3b813c
https://www.electronicshub.org/smart-dustbin-using-arduino/
http://3rrecycler.com/environmental-policy/
CHAPTER III
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Waste management is one of the toughest processes in the current trend. Waste
management can be done based on particular products. The waste disposal consists of
metals, non- metal. Metal is one of the most important components in all fields of
industries. The metal must be first segregated in order to recycle the waste metals. The
segregated metal is further getting sorted and the scrapped metal must then process in
order to be reused. The exact reusing of metal is how it was previously used, and what it
will be used for the next purpose. In this paper, waste metal is segregated using a hopper
system. The waste metal will be coming from the hopper into the sensing area in which
the metal gets sensed with the help of the metal sensor. The waste disposal like dry
metals, wet metals from the rural as well as urban area is get collected in a separate area
by which the waste gets managed. This is done with the help of simple collectors which
is used to segregate the dry metals as well as wet metals using Programmable Logic
Controllers (PLC).
Table 2: Details of the Technologies to be used
SOFTWARE USES
Arduino IDE Is an open-source electronics prototyping
platform based on flexible, easy-to-
use hardware and software. It's intended
for artists, designers, hobbyists, and
anyone interested in creating interactive
objects or environments.
Software Specification
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HARDWARE USES
Inductive Proximity Sensor Are used for non-contact detection of
metallic objects. Their operating principle
is based on a coil and oscillator that creates
an electromagnetic field in the close
surroundings of the sensing surface.
Servo Motor Is a small and effective motor and it can be
used in some serious applications like
precise position control. The controlling of
this motor can be done with a PWM (pulse
width modulator) signal.
Breadboard An electronics breadboard (as opposed to
the type on which sandwiches are made) is
actually referring to a solderless
breadboard. These are great units for
making temporary circuits and prototyping,
and they require absolutely no soldering.
Pin Headers Are often associated with ribbon cable
connectors, pin headers often also function
as recipients for jumpers. The most
common jumper spacing is 2.54 millimetres
(0.1 in), though 2.0 millimetres (0.079 in)
is sometimes used in smaller products.
Ultrasonic Sensor Are used around the world, indoors and
outdoors in the harshest conditions, for a
variety of applications. Our ultrasonic
sensors, made with piezoelectric
crystals, use high frequency sound waves
to resonate a desired frequency and convert
electric energy into acoustic energy, and
vice versa.
Infrared Lights A light-emitting diode is a two-lead
semiconductor light source. It is a p–n
junction diode that emits light when
activated. When a suitable current is
applied to the leads, electrons are able to
recombine with electron holes within the
device, releasing energy in the form of
photons.
Hardware Specification
Peopleware
METHODOLOGY
Operational Feasibility
Availability of resources deals not only with the manpower but also includes the
software and hardware to be used for the system to work.
Figure 4.1 Fishbone Diagram
Schedule Feasibility
The schedule feasibility shows the activities we’ve made throughout the implementation
of the project. It includes the starting date and ending date of the project. Figure 1.0
shows the activities during the analysis, planning and designing phase of the project.
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August September October November December January February
Activity/Task Expected Output
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PROJ ECT PROPOSAL
[1] Forming the team
[2] Appointment of team
members' position
[3] Approval of project topic Final project topic
[4] Literature search Necessary information
[5] Writing of literature
Written literature review
review
[6] Writing of proposal Initial draft of the proposal
[7] Editing of proposal Edited proposal manuscript
[8] Submission of endorsed
Endorsed project proposal
proposal
[9] Proposal Hearing Approved project proposal
[10] Revision of project
Revised project proposal
proposal
IMPLEMENTATION
[11] Procurement of
materials
[12] Coding of the
Ruuning application
application
[13] Debugging Fixed bugs
[14] Testing and quality
Tested and checked application
check of application
PROJ ECT MANUSCRIPT
[15] Writing of the project
Initial draft of manuscript
manuscript
[16] Editing of manuscript Edited manuscript
[17] Submission of edited
and endorsed manuscript
[18] Project defense Approved project with revisions
[19] Revision of final paper
[20] Finalization of final
Final paper
paper
[21] Submission of all
requirements: running
application and project
manuscript
Figure 4.4 Schedule Feasibility Gantt Chart
Economic Feasibility
COSTS Sub-total
Development
Servo ₱ 500.00
Wool Cloth (Conveyor Belt) ₱ 300.00
Inductive Proximity Sensor ₱ 255.00
Ultrasonic Sensor ₱ 385.00
Plywood ₱ 300.00
Toolbox ₱ 270.00
Operational
Workshop Fee ₱ 18,000.00
Arduino Uno R3 ₱ 550.00
Total: ₱ 20,560.00
Benefits Creates a clean and pollution-free environment.
Prevents greenhouse gas emission made by the
waste materials in which it will cause global
warming.
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Requirement Modeling
The Requirements Modeling describes the input, process, output, performance and
control of the system.
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Requirements Modeling
Start
Conveyor Belt
Ultrasonic Sensor
Inductive Proximity
Sensor
If G1=” Metal” Yes Proceed to
Servo
GarbageBin1
No
No
End
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Development
Software Specification
Hardware Specification
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GLOSSARY
Conveyor Belt - used in self-unloading bulk freighters and in live bottom trucks. Belt
conveyor technology is also used in conveyor transport such as moving sidewalks or
escalators, as well as on many manufacturing assembly lines.
Waste Sorting - is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. It can
occur manually at the household and collected through curve side collection schemes, or
automatically separated in materials recovery facilities or mechanical biological
treatment systems.
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REFERENCES
http://ap.fftc.agnet.org/ap_db.php?id=153&print=1
http://ijaerd.com/papers/finished_papers/AUTOMATED_WASTE_SEGREGATOR_USI
NG_ARDUINO-IJAERDV05I0542857.pdf
https://www.hackster.io/Technovation/smart-garbage-monitoring-system-using-arduino-
101-3b813c
https://www.electronicshub.org/smart-dustbin-using-arduino/
http://3rrecycler.com/environmental-policy/
GLOSSARY
Conveyor Belt - used in self-unloading bulk freighters and in live bottom trucks. Belt
conveyor technology is also used in conveyor transport such as moving sidewalks or
escalators, as well as on many manufacturing assembly lines.
Waste Sorting - is the process by which waste is separated into different elements. It can
occur manually at the household and collected through curve side collection schemes, or
automatically separated in materials recovery facilities or mechanical biological
treatment systems.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
References
A. Internet Sources
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsmcwm/24/0/24_677/_pdf/-char/ja
https://emb.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/RA-9003.pdf
http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/departments-services/environmental-
services/solid-waste-management/solid-waste-services/the-3-rs-of-solid-
waste.stml
http://ijaerd.com/papers/finished_papers/AUTOMATED_WASTE_SEGR
EGATOR_USING_ARDUINO-IJAERDV05I0542857.pdf
https://www.hackster.io/Technovation/smart-garbage-monitoring-system-
using-arduino-101-3b813c
CURRICULUM VITAE
Lancer T. Arcenal
City Address : Luis Espina Street , San Jose Guizo Mandaue City
Gender : Male
Religion : Catholic
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background
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College : Benedicto College
Gender : Female
Religion : Catholic
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background
Gender : Female
Nationality : Filipino
Educational Background