IOT Based Smart Waste Container System in Southern Jordan Valley Municipality
Rufaydah Ibrahim Mohammad Al-Huweimel · Humanitarian and Natural Sciences Journal · 2023
Municipalities are responsible for providing essential services to their citizens, including waste management, transportation, and public safety. Internet of Things (IoT) technology can improve the quality of these services and make them more efficient. IoT technology can help municipalities to collect data from various sources, analyze the data, and use it to make informed decisions. IoT can help municipalities to reduce costs, improve service delivery, and enhance the quality of life of their citizens. This paper discussed the use of IoT in municipalities to improve their services, the benefits of implementing IoT in waste management by proposed an IOT waste container model for municipality of Southern Jordan Valley, and the future prospects of this technology in municipal services. The proposed model is based on connecting the containers with capacitive sensors so that they measure the level of fullness of the container (the percentage is 80%) of the total capacity of the container, so that a notification is sent to the health monitor about the fullness and location of the container as the sensors and the server are connected to each other through (Wireless Sensor Networks) to make a decision By running mechanisms to collect waste as needed, the model relies on providing it with a real-time data, which means accuracy, reliability, and reliability of the data, as well as contributing to cost reduction, improving service, and facilitating the transition to smart municipal services and achieve environmental and economic benefit.