We all must have seen one of the other kinds of ordinary dustbin placed at various places. However, a troika of Ahan Bansal, Kulvir Chavda and Shreyan Shah — from Nirma Vidyamandir School — has developed a smart dustbin which automatically segregates dry and wet wastes. Moreover, the dustbin has been made using Arduino Technology — an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware and software — and is equipped with a flap which opens the moment somebody comes in its proximity. The class 10th students outlined newspaper article as their source of inspiration. “The articles in newspapers regarding the waste management problems — faced by the authorities at Pirana landfill in Ahmedabad — were the driving force for us to think of a possible solution. However, developing the smart dustbin would not have possible, had it not been the support from the school, especially the teacher in-charge Sony Bhattacharjee,” innovators said. Speaking on why one should innovate, they said that innovation is the need of the hour. More so, Innovation is a symbol of development and no development can go without innovation. “The issue so local warming and improper waste management is the most pressing challenge the society facing today and we will like to address this issue in the next three decade”, they said. “The biggest learning for us at the CIF 2019 Bootcamp was ’How to pitch your idea’, they added.