Title: An improved strategy for solid waste management based on programmable logic controller

Authors: Thaeer Mueen Sahib; Rosmiwati Mohd-Mokhtar; Abbas Fadhil Hamzah Alharan; Nabeel Salih Ali; Ali Abdyasser Kadhum

Addresses: Department of Electrical Techniques, Technical Inst Kufa, Al-Furat Alawsat Tech University, 54003 Najaf, Iraq; School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia ' School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia ' Computer Department, Faculty of Education for Girls, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq ' Information Technology Research and Development Center, University of Kufa, Najaf, Iraq ' Department of Electrical Techniques, Technical Inst Kufa, Al-Furat Alawsat Tech University, 54003 Najaf, Iraq

Abstract: Environmental concerns have been raised in various research and technology developments. Advanced technology plays a crucial role in diverse aspects of environmental discipline such as monitoring, tracking, observing, controlling, and so on. The article aims to propose a system to manage and dispose of solid waste to prevent pollution from the main and sub streets. The controller device named LOGO 230RC is utilised to control the system operations by depending on the control actions which were written in the functional block diagram. The simulation experiments were run using the LOGO Soft Comfort software, in which, based on the three flowcharts, the system work logically. The system objectives have been achieved successfully via testing five baskets' distributions as a suggestion over the street and have been analysed based on the reduced time to transferring the waste from the source to the target. Based on the results, there is a reduction of waste collection time from 4.06% to 17.87% for all five test cases.

Keywords: solid waste management; programmable logic controller; function block diagram; municipal solid waste; sensors.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2024.139963

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 2024 Vol.34 No.3, pp.297 - 310

Received: 03 Mar 2021
Accepted: 02 Mar 2022
Published online: 15 Jul 2024 *

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