MUMBAI, India, Jan. 23 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641001775 A) filed by Dr. M. G. R. Educational & Research Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Jan. 7, for 'smart waste management system and method using edge-level evaluation and dynamic route optimization.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. S. Subatra Devi.

The application for the patent was published on Jan. 23, under issue no. 04/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a smart waste management system (100) and method (500) enabling demand-driven and optimized waste collection. The system (100) comprises a plurality of waste bins (10), each provided with an edge sensor unit (20) havi...