MUMBAI, India, Sept. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641108537 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on September 10, 2026, for Smart Waste Management System And Method For Dynamically Routing Waste Collection Vehicles.
Inventors include Sathiyamoorthy Elumalai; Chandrahas Reddy Chappalla; Sarath Ganesh S; and Deepak P.
The application for the patent was published on September 18, 2026, under issue no. 38/2026.
Abstract: SMART WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY ROUTING WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLES A smart waste management system (100) and a method (400) for dynamically routing waste collection vehicles are disclosed. The system (100) includes a plurality of waste bins (104A-104N), each comprising a fill-level sensor (106), at least one environmental sensor (108), an image sensor (110), an edge computing device (112), and a communication module (114), and a routing server (118). The routing server (118) receives fill-level data, environmental data, and hazard information, determines a time-to-expiration (TTE) for each waste bin based on the fill-level data and environmental data, assigns a collection priority according to the determined TTE, assigns a highest collection priority upon detection of hazardous waste, obtains traffic information, and generates a collection route for at least one waste collection vehicle (136) based on the assigned collection priorities and the traffic information. The edge computing device (112) may execute a machine learning model to identify hazardous waste from captured image data. FIG. 1
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