Volume : 9, Issue : 6, JUN 2023

NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INNOVATIONS IN COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES (NCICT'23)

AUTOMATED BIO-MEDICAL WASTE SEGREGATOR

DR.M.YUVARAJU, ABDUL LATHEEF S, KISHOKRAJ S, SRIHARI SUBRAMANIAN V, SURUTHIKA S

Abstract

Medical care is crucial for our life and health, but the waste generated from medical activities causes a real problems to the living beings. Improper management of Bio-medical wastes (BMW) because a direct health impact on the society, the health care workers and on the environment. Effective BMW management is mandatory for healthy humans and cleaner environment. Bio- medical wastes segregation by using Arduino, Inductive and Capacitive proximity sensor can be used to detect types of wastes and sorted based on the waste detected. This system sorts the wastes into three different categories namely metal, plastic and contaminated (Wet) wastes. Sensors were mounted on fixed frames. On the detection of medical waste, the sensor triggers the signal voltage, which is processed and output will be assessed based on the sensor’s signal. By implementing this system man power required for manual sorting of waste can be reduced, thereby reducing the threat to workers prone to infections. This paper proposed system of automated waste segregator detects the waste and based on the response of the Inductive and Capacitive proximity sensor the wastes are sorted.

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