MUMBAI, India, Feb. 27 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202541133481 A) filed by Dr. Mahalingam College Of Engineering And Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on Dec. 30, 2025, for 'sensor based automated waste segregation system.'

Inventor(s) include R. Anuja; and Dr. S. Raja Rajeswari.

The application for the patent was published on Feb. 27, under issue no. 09/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to an automated trash segregation system that requires little human intervention to segregate the solid waste into biodegradable, metallic, hazardous, recyclable categories. Each particles in waste are separated by its size using a multi-st...