IoT BASED FOOD WASTE MONITORING AND CONTROLLING SYSTEM

Abstract

Food waste is a common issue at several places such as colleges, schools and workplaces these days. It is estimated that the world population hits 9 billion by 2050 however lesser attention is given for wastage of food in many countries. This result in high demand for the food in future. The main objective of our work is to analyse and reduce the food waste. The proposed system finds a solution to reduce the food waste problem. A new approach is developed where the main focus is on measuring the food waste and recommending the competent authorities to change the menu according to the report generated by the food waste monitoring system. A display is placed in the system where every individual’s real time food waste is displayed and the same is communicated through a message to the admin about the wastage of food. The data of food wastage is also saved in cloud for future reference. The proposed model creates a parallel result to give a detailed report to the management and the admin about the amount of excess food each time. The result of the proposed system will reduce the amount of food being cooked the next time. By incorporating Internet of Things (IoT) the food wastage date will be stored and transferred automatically at every instant. RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) sensor is used to monitor the wastage of individuals. Dustbins are opened only after the scanning of RFID tag provided to every individual.