No city can be called as smart without smart waste management system and in the very paper we have developed an integrated platform for waste management where dustbins are installed with a network of sensors and they transmit real-time data indicating the fill percentage of the bin. The purpose of this study is to develop an efficient waste management system based on Internet of things (IoT) for mobile application. We have observed traditional waste management system of India and have identified a number of issues with current systems. They are unhygienic landfills, overflowing waste bins, limited collection, lack of storage in collection vehicles, and less awareness of separated waste collection, recycling, and reuse. Therefore, this study has been proposed as a solution to cope up with the above issues. This study provides a platform for domestic users, drivers of collection vehicle, and garbage collection authority to interact with solid waste management of the country. The idea of our project was to basically alert the concerned authorities whenever the dustbin of a particular region is full and needs to be taken care of. Our objective is to cover all the dustbins of VIT University and install our smart system into those dustbins so that they could be emptied as soon as they get filled to avoid overflow of garbage and increasing the quality of the environment around the campus. We are making a prototype of the above-mentioned system. © 2021, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.