Interactive and Usable Waste Management System: A Concept by My Intelligent Bin (MIB)

With the increase of population and residential area, the scenario of cleanliness of the environment with respect to waste management system is now degrading in terms of punctuality of the waste being collected from house. The traditional way of knowing when the waste will be collected in the housing area is not accurate nowadays as sometimes they fail to collect the waste without any reasons. The platform provided by the waste management company which is through Facebook or their website to make announcement regarding the waste collection process is not so effective as sometimes user missed the news and it is quite troublesome for them to check the website. Hence, to overcome the problems, My Intelligent Bin (MIB) is introduced. The main objectives of MIB are to investigate problems and challenges in waste management system and proposing android mobile application as a platform to manage and monitor the waste management system in real time. In order to meet the objective, QR Code scanning is used as a method for the garbage collection process so that waste management company able to track the waste management process in real time.