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Reducing improper waste disposal
A few years ago, along with some classmates, we managed to develop a sustainable project based on some technologies that are currently common in the market. My purpose here is not to expose the private work of others, but to bring to the public what referred to my part of this project, as I recover what was available from that time.
The idea of the project came from observing the daily life of the population of Santos, more specifically of ETEC Aristóteles Ferreira. From the observation made, it was noted that the entrance of the school, the bus stops, the beaches, and the streets of the city, in general, have a large number of cigarette butts and chewing gum.
In addition, even though there are specific collection points for batteries and, in some, bus stops for cigarette butts, people do not dispose of these materials correctly. Therefore, the need for motivation for correct disposal was noticeable.
Thus, the solution found was to recharge the cell phone battery, as cell phones are extremely necessary for people's daily lives and often there are no public places to charge them.
- Create/Log in to an account
- Exchange recyclable materials for points
- Exchange points for battery recharge
- Securely stored information in the cloud
Among the technologies related to this project, we can mostly separate them into hardware and software:
- ATMEGA Microcontroller
- ESP8266 Microcontroller
- Photovoltaic Solar Energy Generator and Controller
- Cloud Servers
- C Language with Arduino IDE
- ESP32 Libraries for IoT integration
- SQL Database
- PHP
- MIT AppInventor
A more detailed sample of the development of this project can be seen in the Totem_Docs.pdf file.
- Yuri Mazzetto de Menezes
- Sara Rodrigues dos Santos
- Diego Godina Santos