SolidBits: design de sistema para monitoramento da produção e gestão da coleta de resíduos sólidos

Abstract

The solid waste collection service plays a key role in maintaining the salubrity of the space, and its execution involves the continuous monitoring of trash cans. This activity is often performed manually, but such a method proves inefficient in locations with large areas and volume of people since waste production is not uniform and the time that the trash cans take to fill is variable. To better plan the collection it is necessary to have access to real-time information about the state of the trash cans so that it can be performed only when and where it is needed. This paper presents SolidBits, a digital design solution that aims to improve the efficiency of the solid waste collection process using trash cans equipped with sensors and connected to a web management system. In its development, digital design techniques and practices were applied and prototypes were produced and tested at the Federal University of Ceará - campus Quixadá. As a result, was obtained a structure capable of managing multiple trash cans and provide information about the production and collection of solid waste, powered by the processing of the data obtained by the sensors. Although not all the expected resources have been implemented, such as the use of machine learning algorithms, and that problems have been found with some sensors, the proposition points out real possibilities of improvement in the efficiency of the collection process and opens space for various deepening.