MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611022740 A) filed by ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, on Feb. 26, for 'smart waste segregation bin system and method for automated waste classification.'

Inventor(s) include Malvika Gupta; Shweta Singh; Madhvi Gaur; and Babli Kumari.

The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a smart waste segregation bin configured as an integrated system for automated waste identification, classification, and physical segregation at the point of disposal. The system combines multi-modal sensors, image ca...