Smart Bin

Member

Sanama Faiz

Local organization

JCI Dhaka East

National organization

Bangladesh

Member

Sanama Faiz

Duration

From May 5 to December 31, 2022

Target

School students in classes 4 -7. These students will be able to properly understand the rationale of the project. As well by starting early on they will be able to develop a life long habit which they would first get used to through positive reinforcement

Target population

400

Target avg age

10

People impacted

10000

Sustainable Development Goal

Sustainable Cities and Communities

Development stage

Peace, Prosperity and Sustainability

Purpose

“Smart Bin” uses Incentive-based Smart Dustbins to promote and encourage children to dispose waste properly in the dustbin. Children were taught the importance of proper disposal of waste through workshops and how littering elsewhere can lead to environmental pollution posing threat to wildlife and other living species. Through the two month habit development program children will get used to throwing waste in the specially developed dustbin. We believe that children who start developing a particular habit early on have a higher chance of continuing it later on.

This Incentive-based Smart Bins will be installed in schools. A reward based program for students will be integrated in the smart bin. Based on the frequency of use of the dustbin, students will get tokens at the end of the month which they can reimburse for different gifts including toys, books, medicine and other basic needs required for proper mental and physical development of these children. Children will punch in the RFID card and the door will open through which they will discard trash. They will receive a token each time they discard the trash

Overview

Dhaka is one of the mega Cities of the world, most populous and the 2nd worst city in the world for living, despite being the capital city of Bangladesh, home to about 20 million people. Rapid and unplanned urbanization is creating many problems like rapid growth of slums, pressure on infrastructural services along with different social problems. This mega city produces around six thousand tons of domestic waste every day (Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC)-3,300 tons/day and Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) about 2,700-2,800 tons/day), which is a big problem for the City Corporations to manage.

It causes air and environmental pollution and health hazards. Bad waste management can easily result in air pollution and soil contamination. They have an adverse effect on human health. Breeding of mosquitoes and houseflies occur mainly in garbage which are a major cause for various diseases like malaria, dengue etc. This also causes headache, nauseous sensation. However, generation of such huge amount of domestic waste can be a big resource for the country, rather, than being a problem, if it could be properly managed and utilized. The domestic waste has high potential for generation of bio-gas, organic fertilizer, electricity and waste water for irrigation along with huge employment for the urban poor, who are migrating to the city in search of work from different parts of the country driven by the opportunity of work as well as disasters and poverty. So, we come up with the concept of “Smart Dustbin” to solve-

1. Environmental pollution
2. Inappropriate use of garbage

When anyone throws garbage into the smart dustbin it will print a smart card .Each card will consider as token.

He/she will be rewarded according to the amount of garbage. There will be a sensor to measure the level of wastage inside the bin.

This Smart Dustbin can contribute a lot towards clean and hygienic environment in building a smart city at the same time.“Smart Bin” the first project for TECH-celerate will use Incentive-based Smart Dustbins to promote and encourage children to dispose waste properly in the dustbin. Prior to deployment, workshops will be organized to teach these children the importance of proper disposal of waste and how littering elsewhere can lead to environmental pollution posing threat to wildlife and other living species. Through the two month habit development program children will get used to throwing waste in the specially developed dustbin. We believe that children who start developing a particular habit early on have a higher chance of continuing it later on.

This Incentive-based Smart Bins will be installed in schools. A reward based program for students will be integrated in the smart bin.
Based on the frequency of use of the dustbin, students will get tokens at the end of the month which they can reimburse for different gifts including toys, books, medicine and other basic needs required for proper mental and physical development of these children. Children will punch in the RFID card and the door will open through which they will discard trash. They will receive a token each time they discard the trash. Solar energy will be used to recharge the device along with options to manually charge the device.

Also to promote healthy competition among these children and to have a proper study across different age groups, the project will be deployed in multiple classes. The section with the highest point will be awarded.

The project will be implemented in four broad stages. Tech Development, Environmental Awareness based Workshop with the Students, Deployment and Post Deployment Impact Analysis.

Results

• Atleast 50% of target group will continue throwing waste in bins rather than littering.
• Atleast 20% of the environment pollution will be reduced around the school community where smart bin is deployed
• Atleast 10% of diseases will be reduced around the school community
• 50% Overall heightened sense of satisfaction among school children
• Overall greater awareness of clean environment and proper disposal of waste of the advertising campaigns including TVC, OVC and through other print medias.
• Positive reinforcement tactics used in the program ensuring more satisfaction of the children participating in the program and more sense of ownership rather than the impact generated through negative reinforcement like punishement when waste disposed outside the bin.
• Use of solar energy (renewable energy) in the device also playing a major role in building sustaibinabile cities and communities,
• Reduction of environment pollution including ensuring of safe habitat for the underwater species
• Better health of the citizens and other living species owing to reduction in pollution
• Greater awareness of the outcome of littering of wastes among the general population
• Better management of waste by the children in the communities creating a future generation more responsible in handling wastes
• More reliance on renewable energies than non-renewable energies,

Recommendations

• Ensure Proper sample selection measures are taken when selecting samples from the school children participating in the program
• Gradually include all students of the schools in the program for more inclusive participation.
• Ensure proper reach of the objective of the program through tactful use of advertising mediums.
• Use interatice tools in the workshops for better understanding of the overall purpose of the program by the school children.

Contact

Pritom Chowdhury