MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001775 A) filed by Dr. M. G. R. Educational & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 7, for 'smart waste management system and method using edge-level evaluation and dynamic route optimization.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Subatra Devi.
The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a smart waste management system (100) and method (500) enabling demand-driven and optimized waste collection. The system (100) comprises a plurality of waste bins (10), each provided with an edge sensor unit (20) having at least one sensing module (22, 24) and an edge processing module (26) configured to locally evaluate waste-related parameters and generate actionable waste status intelligence. A gateway or edge server (104) having a local rule engine (110) enforces adaptive operational rules, while a cloud or backend platform (106) includes a data ingestion module (108), a waste analytics module, a route optimization engine, and a digital twin module for predictive analysis and operational simulation. A citizen interaction interface (400) and a worker interface enable user participation and dynamic route execution. Local bin-level evaluation and synergistic cooperation between system layers provide reduced latency, optimized resource utilization, and scalable deployment."
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