AI and IoT-Enabled Smart Urban Waste Management System for Efficient Collection, Segregation, and Disposal

¹ Department of Applied Science, New Horizon College of Engineering, Bangalore, India.
² Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India.
³ Department of Computer Science and Engineering, MLR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
⁴ Lloyd Law College, Plot No. 11, Knowledge Park II, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201308, India.
⁵ Hilla University College, Babylon, Iraq.
⁶ Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

^* Corresponding Author: anukmp@gmail.com

Abstract

This ‘Smart Urban Waste Management System’ outlines an innovative architecture for the current challenges in urban waste management through the application of IoT, AI and Blockchain technologies to increase the efficiency, transparency, and sustainability. IoT enabled smart bins with sensors are used in the system for monitoring waste levels for tracking waste levels and generating real time data for waste management platforms. Using computer vision, AI powered algorithms are leveraged to predict waste generation patterns for waste generation planning, to optimize waste collection routes for collection optimisation and automation of waste segregation. Additionally, blockchain technology enables secure and transparent tracking of waste collection, segregation and disposal in urban waste management systems, with accountability. IoT communication protocols such as LoRaWAN and NB-IoT are implemented to guarantee low cost and high scalability, using minimal power, fitting very well in any large city. In this dissertation, we investigate how these technologies can be joined seamlessly to form a circular, data-driven urban waste management ecosystem that helps to achieve the principles of the circular economy by encouraging resource repurposing and energy recovery.