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SMART DUSTBIN USING ARDUINO UNO

CONTROLLING BY ULTRASONIC SENSOR
Team Members/ Individual Dr. Karabi Baruah
ADITYANARAYANJHA(23BBTCS362) Assistant Professor,
ABHISHEK BHANDARI(23BBTCS361) Date: 08 / 11 / 2024 Dept. of ECE,
SoET, CMRU,
Bangalore.
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 Outline
Abstract: : The main objective of the project is to design a smart dustbin which will help in keeping our environment
clean and also eco friendly. We are inspired from Swaach Bharat Mission. Nowadays technologies are getting smarter day-
by-day so, as to clean the environment we are designing a smart dustbin by using Arduino. This smart dustbin management
system is built on the microcontroller based system having ultrasonic sensors on the dustbin. If dustbin is not maintained
than these can cause an unhealthy environment and can cause pollute that affect our health. In this proposed technology
we have designed a smart dustbin using ARDUINO UNO, along with ultrasonic sensor, servo motor, and battery jumper
wire. After all hardware and software connection, now Smart Dustbin program will be run. Dustbin lid will when someone
comes near at some range than wait for user to put garbage and close it. It’s properly running or not. For social it will help
toward health and hygiene, for business for we try to make it affordable to many as many possible. So that normal people
to rich people can take benefit from it.

Keywords: Arduino, microcontroller, IOT, circuitry

• Introduction: The rate increasing population in our country has increasing rapidly and also we have
increase in garbage which have increased environmental issue. Dustbin is a container which collects garbage’s or
stores items which recyclable or non-recyclable, decompose and non-decompose. They are usually used in
homes, office etc, but in case they are full no one is there to clean it and the garbage are spilled out. The
surrounding of a dustbin is also conducive for increasing the pollution level. Air pollution due to a dustbin can

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 produce bacteria and virus which can produce life harmful diseases for human.
Therefore, we have designed a smart dustbin using ARDUINO UNO, ultrasonic sensor
which will sense the item to be thrown in the dustbin and open the lid with the help of
the motor. It is an IOT based project that will bring a new and smart way of cleanliness. It is a decent gadget to
make your home clean, due to practically all offspring of home consistently make it grimy and spread litter to a
great extent by electronics, rappers and various other things. Since the smart dustbin is additionally intriguing
and children make fun with it so it will help to maintain cleanliness in home. It will be applied for various type of
waste. Dustbin will open its lid when someone/object is near at some range then it will wait for given time
period than it will close automatically. Here lid will close when you don’t want to use and it will only open when
it required.

• Objectives:
• The primary objective of the Smart Dustbin project is to create an efficient, automated waste
management system that minimizes human intervention, promotes cleanliness, and enhances waste
disposal practices. This project aims to achieve the following:
• Automate Waste Detection and Disposal: Utilize sensors to detect the presence of waste, automatically
open the dustbin lid, and close it after disposal to prevent exposure to contaminants.

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 • Optimize Waste Collection: Provide real-time monitoring of waste levels within
the bin, allowing for timely collection and reducing the risk of overflow.
• Enhance Hygiene and Convenience: Reduce the need for physical contact with the bin, promoting a
hygienic environment, especially in public or high-traffic areas.
• Promote Efficient Waste Segregation: Potentially integrate mechanisms for identifying and segregating
different types of waste to facilitate recycling and reduce environmental impact.
• Educate and Encourage Public Awareness: Encourage responsible waste disposal habits through an
innovative, user-friendly design that makes waste management convenient and accessible.

Methodology: SMART DUSTBIN USING ARDUINO is an IOT based project.

Here we are using Arduino for code execution, for sensing we used ultrasonic
sensor which will open lid and wait for few moment. It will bring drastic
changes in tern of cleanliness with the help of technology. Everything is
getting with smart technology for the betterment of human being. So this help
in maintaining the environment clean with the help of technology. It is a
sensor based dustbin so it would be easy to access/use for any age group. Our
aim is also to make it cost effective so that many numbers of people can get
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 the benefit from this. And it should be usable to anyone and
helpful for them. To complete our project, we require some
software as well as some hardware.

Circuit diagram: The circuit diagram of smart dustbin is shown in given below.Arduino Uno
board consist ATmega328 P microcontroller, it is important component of UNO board. In this
other components are present like a power supply, ultrasonic module and servo motor etc. The
ultrasonic sensor echo pin and trigger pin is connected to pin digital pin D7 and D8. The + Vcc
pin is connected to +5V supply and GND pin is connected to ground pin of Arduino Uno board.
The control (PWM) pin of servo motor is connected to digital pin D9 of Arduino. Hence, servo
motor is used to open the cap of dustbin. For this project and components used, the preset
level of distance between dustbin and hand is fixed to 40 cm. Ultrasonic Sensor: This sensor is
used in to locate the distance between the smart dustbin and hand/object come near to it. The
principle behind finding distance of obstacle is sonar wave. It only detects obstacle when
Trigger pin receive high pulse for the period more than 10 us. When this sensor verifies the
presence of hand (obstacle) it starts to send eight cycles of ultrasonic burst at 40 KHz and then
it waits for reflected ultrasonic signal. Ultrasonic sensor module has two drums. One of the
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 drums is used for transmitting the pulse of ultrasonic and the second
drums are for receiving the ultrasonic signal. When ultrasonic detect/sense
object, the echo pin of module is set high. Waiting period of reflected pulse
is completely dependent upon the location of obstacle. When the echo signal is obtained, we
can calculate the distance by using the formula
Distance (in cm) = (duration/2) / 29.1

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 • Hardware Description:

1.ARDUINO uno 2. ULTRASONIC SENSOR 3. SERVO MOTOR

4. 9V BATTERY 5. DUSTBIN 6. JUMPER WIRES

• Software Used:
1. ARDUINO IDE

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• Advantages:
• Following are the advantages of using Smart dustbin:
•  A reduction in the number of waste collections needed by up to 80%, resulting in less
manpower, emissions, fuel use and traffic congestion.
•  A reduction in the number of waste bins needed.
•  Maintain environment hygiene (i.e. no overflowing of waste and less unpleasant odor).
•  It will help in bringing evolution by technology in term of cleanliness.

• Application:
 Public Spaces: Ideal for installation in public areas such as parks, streets, and transportation
hubs, where they can help maintain cleanliness and minimize human contact with waste.
 Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities: Provides a hygienic, hands-free waste disposal solution,
reducing the spread of germs and supporting infection control protocols.
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  Educational Institutions: Schools, colleges, and universities can use
smart dustbins to promote eco-friendly practices and educate students on
responsible waste management.
 Offices and Commercial Buildings: Enhances cleanliness in workplaces by automating waste
disposal and maintaining a sanitary environment with minimal human effort.
 Smart Cities: Contributes to smart city infrastructure by enabling data collection on waste levels
and optimizing waste collection schedules, helping municipal services become more efficient.
 Residential Complexes: In apartment buildings and gated communities, smart dustbins can
improve waste management and reduce the need for frequent cleaning and maintenance.

Conclusion AND SUGGESTION: Here we are going to make an evolution changes toward
cleanliness. The combination of intelligent waste monitoring and trash compaction
technologies, smart dustbins are better and shoulders above traditional garbage dustbin. It is
equipped with smart devices like sensor Arduino etc . Lid of the dustbin will automatically open
when an object comes near to the dustbin and after certain time period it will close the lid. For
social it will help toward health and hygiene, for business for we try to make it affordable to
many as many possible. So that normal people to rich people can take benefit from it. Believe
this will bring something changes in term of cleanliness as well technology . So our next work
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 will be adding one more sensor which will sense whether our dustbin is full
or not. And there will be a display will be added so that user can notify that
dustbin is full or not.

• References:
https://youtu.be/mHaeDoFOVX0

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