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My idea is to build a machine which segregates wastage into three different categories. Which are metal waste like cans, foils, dry waste like paper, plastics, cardboard, glass and wet waste like food scraps, garden waste.
Municipal waste collection often mixes all waste together. Many people don’t follow these kind of segregation rules and find it inconvenient. Mixed waste needs manual labor to separate which might lead to health hazards because workers handling mixed waste are exposed to hazardous materials. If not segregated properly the waste ends up in landfills causing soil, water and air pollution.
The main beneficiary are humans because the if the waste is segregated properly then mental wastes like cans and foils and wet waste like paper, plastics can be recycled if and only if they are separated from food waste or wet organic waste. If we segregate the waste it doesn’t end up in landfills which means clean soil to grow crops, clean water to drink not only for humans but birds and animals, and clean air. The workers who work manually for separating waste can also be safe from serious health hazards.
We are directly affected by the growing waste problem- overflowing landfills, polluted water bodies and plastic litter in the surroundings. At home, school, college all waste are mixed together, which makes it difficult for local municipal workers to recycle and often exposes them to harmful materials.
This isn’t a small machine to build, a country with population of 1.4 billion produces almost 62 million tons of waste, in which only 70% waste is collected , of which about 12 millions are treated and rest are dumped in landfill sites. Almost 80% waste goes untreated because segregation of the waste manually is near to impossible, machines can make this better.
Is building a machine easy? No, it isn’t but it is possible. With the help of AI, sensors, automation, control system and electronics we can segregate the waste into their respective categories which makes recycling easier and reduces the burden of municipal workers.
WASTE SORTED, PLANET SUPPORTED.
"DON'T MIX IT - FIX IT".
