IOT for Solid Waste Management in India: A Road Towards Sustainability

In India, the quantum of waste generation is continuously increasing with each passing day because of rapid urbanization and the changing lifestyle of the huge population of this country. Managing the huge pile of garbage in every city has become a tough task for the stakeholders. The Internet of Things (IoT) provides a communication framework in which smart devices are used to augment common things. With several pieces of research around this issue, it can be observed that IOT can bring an effective mechanism for solid waste management (SWM). On a theoretical analysis, the biggest turning point that IOT can bring is by providing a technological setup for monitoring the existing SWM in India. Shifting to an IOT-based mechanism in SWM may impose an initial investment in the development of such setup and training of stakeholders. Primarily, it can be noted that the impact of IOT will highly be affected by the acceptance of it by the generators of waste and methods adopted by management to address the same. In this paper, the authors will focus on the probable advantages and challenges that the incorporation of IOT can bring to the conventional SWM in India. Doctrinal research methodology has been followed for this research.