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Pursuant to Michael Abrams (2018), river The results of the study will be of great
trash is harder to remove unlike the garbage lining benefit to the following: Janitors. The project will
our streets, thus, they created remote controlled make cleaning easier because it doesn't need a
robot that collects trash in the water. The online manual work. School. Since the project will collects
masses control the bot, through live feeds and the the plastics it will make the atmosphere of the School
internet. Making it seem like a video game, it lighter.
garnered the attention of the people using modern
day technology. A creative way to help collect plastic The project collects plastics only and not all
pollution, but there are factors that need to be waste materials. It is only focusing on how to lessen
considered, such as the control of the robot. An the plastics that is thrown everywhere. And the
automatic robot would be more helpful in collecting collector basket can only collect several plastics
plastics, since having the masses control the robot because it is not as big as the other garbage collector.
will not permanently work. The researchers can use the project to collect the
plastics. So that the plastics can no longer be stuck on
The project will focus on proper plastic waste the drainage and can cause flood. And the pick-up
disposal rather than focusing on reducing the usage hook belt that is the one to pick up the plastics can
of plastic products. Former studies failed to address only pick several plastics.
the result of throwing plastic products away
carelessly, which can also greatly affect one's health. METHODOLOGY
The project will collect plastic waste without needing
GATHERING OF MATERIALS
human instructions. Being automatically
programmed, monitoring is not needed, which lessen Infrared proximity Sensor, 5 DC Motor (4
one's job. The project will help in the reduction of wheeled tracked tank plus one dc motor), 5v 1A relay
improperly discarded plastic waste in general. module package THT: contact rating 125VAC at 10
AMP /30VDC at 8 AMP; voltage 12V;variant variant
General objective; to be able to lessen the amount of
2:switching circuit SPDT; part #G5LE-1.Arduino Uno
improperly disposed plastic products.1) To
(Rev3), Rotoshield-Motor driver shield for Arduino,
determine if there is a difference with the amount of
Triple Axis Accelerometer Breakout-ADXL345
plastic products scattered using Arduino.2) To
(interface Digital:range+/-2,4,8,16g).Power plug,
determine the effectiveness of using Arduino in
Photocell (LDR) (resistance at dark 300 kOhms at 10
collecting plastics.3) To be able to create a Arduino
seconds; package THT: resistance at luminance 16
that can function by itself, without needing to control
kOhms at 10 lux. 100kΩ Resistor, 4.7kΩ Resistor, 12v
in collecting plastics.
2A power supply (voltage 9V), Breadboard and
Ho : Using the Picoplast will not decrease the amount Breadboard wires.
of plastic littering our surroundings.
DESIGNING CIRCUITRY
Ha: Using the Picoplast, the amount of plastic littering
our surroundings/school premises will decrease in The photo is the circuit diagram of the
amount. Picoplast.
H1: Using the Picoplast, the amount of plastic
littering our surroundings/school premises will at
PROTOTYPE DESIGN
ASSEMBLY OF CIRCUIT
2minute 22 26 26
3minute 32 34 30
REFERENCES
Laura Parker (June 2018). "We Depend on Plastic.
Now We're Drowning in It". NationalGeographic.com.
Retrieved 25 June 2018.