MUMBAI, India, July 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641042139 A) filed by Dr. N. G. P. Institute Of Technology on April 01, 2026, for An Intelligent Dustbin For Automated Plastic Identification And Segregation And An Operating Method Thereof.
Inventors include Dr. Prabha, Subramaniam Umapathy; Dr. Sakthisudhan, Karuppanan; Dr. Chandrasekharan, Nataraj; Hemachandran, Raja; Madhumitha, Ramachandran; and Harini Sri, Sasikumar.
The application for the patent was published on July 03, 2026, under issue no. 27/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an intelligent dustbin (1) for automated plastic identification and segregation. The apparatus comprises a feeding unit (11) configured to receive waste material, a sorting unit (21) including a capacitive sensor (27) and an X-flap assembly (22), a shredder unit (31) shred the segregated plastic waste, a plastic collecting unit (41), a filter unit (51), and a control unit (61). The control unit (61) processes sensing signals generated by the capacitive sensor (27) to classify the waste material and actuating the X- flap assembly (22) to selectively direct plastic waste toward the shredder unit (31) and non-plastic waste toward a non-plastic storage bin (52). The apparatus further comprises a load cell (44), ultrasonic sensors (45, 53), and a float switch sensor (58) for monitoring processing and storage conditions. The invention enables automated plastic waste management with integrated monitoring, validation and reward-based user participation.
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