Smart health care waste segregation and safe disposal

Abstract

Medical waste disposal has been a big issue due to an exponentially growing pop-ulation and the COVID-19 pandemic. Increased waste generation per person has resulted from urbanization, industrialization, and economic development. Substandard medical waste separation at the site of origin might have a cascading effect on the environment, putting humans, wildlife, soil, and water bodies at risk. If hazardous airborne pollutants are not effectively controlled, separated, and burned by on-site or off-site incineration, environmental concerns linked with inadequate clinical waste may pollute the air we breathe. This paper proposes an IoT based smart healthcare waste segregator which segregates the waste into five kinds. The sensors detect the type of waste and the waste gets disposed into the smart bins accordingly. Using artificial intelligence, the status of filling of the bin is indicated through LEDs. When the bin reaches the maximum-level, an alert mes-sage is sent to the municipal authorities. The filled waste gets wrapped automati-cally. The wastes which need to be incinerated is burnt in the incinerator chamber available in the system. Therefore, this system will capably make the environment smart, clean, and safe.