Waste Management is one of the biggest challenges across the globe that affects humans' lives in terms of change in environmental conditions and other factors. To acknowledge this issue Internet of things (IoT) is the best platform as the scope of the Internet of things is widely spread in every sector. The production of waste material is increasing day by day due to the exponential growth in urbanization, thereby resulting in the utilization of resources by humanity. The wastes are different forms according to their sources like municipal, industrial and hazardous waste. Managing a different kind of waste is a very tedious task. To resolve this issue, we will use IoT-based solutions in these different fields. This paper is all about a summary of various methods and techniques used in waste management based on IoT in different sectors. Based on this overview, one can easily carry out their further work.