All over the world waste management is a major problem. Many times, we see that the dustbin placed at public places are overloaded. It creates unhygienic environment for the people. To avoid such things, we have implemented a project known as “Garbage monitoring system using GSM”. These dustbins are supplied with low price embedded device that helps in tracking the amount of garbage in the bin. A unique ID is provided for each garbage can which helps to identify the location and the status of the bin. These details will be sent to the concern authorities, with the help of message an immediate action can be made to clean the garbage in the dustbin. Garbage monitoring system is a new idea of implementation which makes a normal dustbin smart using ultrasonic sensors for garbage level detection, display and sending message to the concern department person updating the status of the bin using GSM modem.