REAL TIME SOLID WASTE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: A CASE STUDY OF KANPUR CITY Suyog Gupta 1 and Dr. Pradeep Kumar 2 Dept. of Civil Engineering, Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, India E-mails: 1 er.suyogupta@gmail.com, 2 pkt2001@rediffmail.com Abstract: Solid waste management is one of the most challenging issues, which are facing a serious pollution problem due to the huge quantities of solid waste. This paper presents a development work for solid waste monitoring and management system. This research developed a component monitoring system with the aim of achieving an effective waste management system. With this system we will able to monitor the collection and transportation system and manages the process. It provides real time information of solid waste from generation point to disposal site. The development consistsof new technologies which may be beneficial to encourage the researchers to work towards further improvement of the present system. These technologies are good enough to ensure the practical and perfect for solid waste collection and transportation monitoring and management for greener environment. Thedevelopment ofthe application with identification and communication technologies such as RFID and GSMuses some software packages. Keywords: Real time; solid waste; monitor; management; RFID; GSM. 1. INTRODUCTION Generally, the solid waste is defined from household’s refusal and non-hazardous solid waste is from industrial, commercial and institutional establishments such as hospitals, market waste, yard waste and street sweepings (GAIA, 2003). In the developing countries, waste management is becoming an acute problem as urbanization and economic development increase leading to larger quantities of waste materials (Fadel, 2006). This paper presents an innovative approach to monitor and manage the solid waste collection and transportation system. Waste management is the collection, transportation, processing, recycling or disposal of waste materials, the ones produced by human activity, try to reduce their effect on human health or amenity. The main problems of the existing solid waste collection and transportation process and management system are as follows: • Lack of the proper system for monitoring the trucks, trash bins, rickshaws and houses. • Lack of information related to collection time and area. International Journal of Science, Environment ISSN 2278-3687 (O) and Technology, Vol. 4, No 2, 2015, 514 – 517 2277-663X (P) Received Mar 21, 2015 * Published April 2, 2015 * www.ijset.net