Samson Fiado, a fourth 4th year student of Business Information system of Polytechnic of Malawi has designed a working
model of waste bin that alerts relevant personnel on the levels of
wastes in the bins via a mobile phone or a monitoring center.
“EasyBin”, as he calls it, is a smart waste bin which is interactive, meaning
to say that it can be asked questions and respond (e.g. what is your
waste level? And the bin will respond by sending the level of waste in
percentage).
According to Fiado, the design uses wireless communication to send data from the individual waste bins to the central monitoring area.
Fiado has expressed. that the EasyBin would minimize overflow of wastes by ensuring that the relevant personnel know beforehand the levels of wastes in waste bins.
He said “I thought of designing the system upon noticing poor waste disposal and waste bins full to the brim and many overflow of wastes in waste bins in key areas of the society in Malawi e.g. health centers, towns and cities. I want the waste bins to be taken care of as soon as they are full and also planning should be done as early as possible to avoid overflow of wastes in bins.”
The Polytechnic student faults the current waste bin manual checking system, saying it is not effective. he equally called out to interested organizations/institutions to provide financial support for further development of the prototype.
According to Fiado, the design uses wireless communication to send data from the individual waste bins to the central monitoring area.
Fiado has expressed. that the EasyBin would minimize overflow of wastes by ensuring that the relevant personnel know beforehand the levels of wastes in waste bins.
He said “I thought of designing the system upon noticing poor waste disposal and waste bins full to the brim and many overflow of wastes in waste bins in key areas of the society in Malawi e.g. health centers, towns and cities. I want the waste bins to be taken care of as soon as they are full and also planning should be done as early as possible to avoid overflow of wastes in bins.”
The Polytechnic student faults the current waste bin manual checking system, saying it is not effective. he equally called out to interested organizations/institutions to provide financial support for further development of the prototype.
