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A 5G-Enabled Smart Waste Management System for University Campus.

Edoardo Longo¹, Fatih Alperen Sahin¹, Alessandro E C Redondi¹

¹Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy.

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Summary

This study introduces a smart waste bin for university campuses to boost recycling rates. The system uses a hybrid algorithm to classify and segregate campus waste, improving waste management.

Keywords:

Smart Campus multi access edge computing smart waste management waste classification

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Computer Science
Environmental Science
Engineering

Background:

Future university campuses will integrate Internet of Things (IoT) services like smart parking and libraries.
Effective waste management is crucial for campus sustainability and operational efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose and evaluate a smart waste management system for university campuses.
To increase campus recycling rates and optimize the waste management cycle.

Main Methods:

Development of a smart waste bin prototype.
Implementation of a hybrid sensor/image classification algorithm for trash identification.
Automatic segregation of different waste materials.

Main Results:

The smart waste bin accurately classifies common campus waste.
The system effectively segregates waste materials for recycling.
Performance evaluation across various scenarios demonstrated system viability.

Conclusions:

The proposed smart waste bin system offers a viable solution for enhancing campus recycling.
Advanced functionalities like optimized maintenance scheduling can be built around the system.
This technology contributes to smarter, more sustainable university campus environments.