Week 8 - Chapter1

The first chapter of the report was draft, firstly the project background below;

The brief about this project is it's an automated recycling bin. The reason it is automated because it can automaticcally sort between metal and nonmetal items. Hence, the technology use in this project is a combination of electronic sensors an electrical motor which is process by arduino uno. In addition, it is also has an extra function of Internet of Thing (IOT) in parallel to internet development nowadays.

Second is the Problem Statement below:

These days, we can see that there are a lot of recycling campaign made by government, beside that, there is a lot of NGO working on the awareness of recycling. As a result, many recycle bin were put in attractive spot, but, the problem of mixed trash in the recycle bin still occur even though it is label and tagged accordingly. Recycling itself cost more than landfilling that same waste, now company have to think about the cost of sorting the mixed trash or recycle item. So, the sorting system is design to lessen the problem of sorting the mixed trash. Next, it is quite troublesome for some waste management workers to monitor the trash level all the time. As example those who work in a big shopping mall with less manpower, they have to monitor the recycle bin level, which is time wasting, so the monitoring system will assist them to work efficiently. Lastly, is the problem of hygiene. The issue is where the workers that normally affiliate with trash is more likely to be infected. To sum up the project sorting and monitoring function will likely avoid the workers to work directly and often with trash or recycle item.

The objectives for this project are:                                                     

  i.      To reduce the mix trash problem in recycle bin

 ii.     To implement IOT the technology into a recycle bin system

 iii.  To reduce the time of human being reacting with dirty recycle bin

As far. this is the managed draft of chapter1 without further check from supervisor and will be submitted for checking after compiled.