Abstract:
The rapid growth in the population has also led to the surge in the volume of waste being
generated on a daily basis. This increase in the generation of waste due to continuous growth
in the urbanization and industrialization has become a severe problem for the local and the
national government taking a case study of Kampala City in Uganda. It is also posing a serious
problem for the local authorities like KCCA to manage the wastes being dumped everywhere
as landfill. To ensure the minimal risk to the environment and human health, it is necessary to
take careful measures when segregating and transporting waste. Segregation of waste in a
proper manner brings to the limelight actual economic value of the waste. The traditional
method used for segregating of waste in Uganda is manual segregation which is timeconsuming
and
can
have
adverse
effects
on
the
health
of
the
people
who
are
exposed
to
such
wastes.
Here
I
propose
the
use
of
an
Automatic
Waste
Segregator
(AWS)
integrated
with
GSM
module
for alerting waste collectors which is cheap and also an easy-to-use solution for
segregation of household waste and time saving.
The system is designed to segregate the waste into three categories that is plastic waste,
metallic waste and other waste like paper. It use of capacitive sensor for the segregation of
plastic waste, inductive sensor for metallic waste and IR sensor for segregation other waste.
The system was tested and evaluated for its performance, accuracy, and successful performed
the intended segregation of waste.
