Sustainable and Smart Incinerator for Women of Modern India

Abstract

In India, 30 percent of its population comprises menstruating women which accounts for nearly 355 million. Menstrual Hygiene Alliance of India (MHAI) reports that 36 percent i.e. 121 million women use commercial sanitary napkins. Improper disposal of menstrual waste is a major blockade in making a clean India and achieving the goal of the Swachh Bharat Mission. Further, improper disposal of soiled pads presents health and environmental hazards. The present work addresses the challenge of the disposal of soiled pads through automation. In this work a smart sustainable incinerator is proposed which facilitates the hygienic disposal of soiled pads. Further, the incinerator ensures complete conversion to ash least carbon emissions during incinerating process by the employment of a smoke control unit for its filtration. The device can be remotely controlled with the help of an app on the android platform. The present work contributes to all the three dimensions of the Triple Bottom Line (TBL) approach.