WO2009021227A2 - Système de collecte sélective par apport volontaire et procédé associé - Google Patents

Système de collecte sélective par apport volontaire et procédé associé Download PDF

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WO2009021227A2
WO2009021227A2 PCT/US2008/072739 US2008072739W WO2009021227A2 WO 2009021227 A2 WO2009021227 A2 WO 2009021227A2 US 2008072739 W US2008072739 W US 2008072739W WO 2009021227 A2 WO2009021227 A2 WO 2009021227A2
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Ron Gonen
Frank C. Yang
Bridget Croke
Scott Lamb
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    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/14—Other constructional features; Accessories
    • B65F1/1484—Other constructional features; Accessories relating to the adaptation of receptacles to carry identification means
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F7/00—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus
    • G07F7/06—Mechanisms actuated by objects other than coins to free or to actuate vending, hiring, coin or paper currency dispensing or refunding apparatus by returnable containers, i.e. reverse vending systems in which a user is rewarded for returning a container that serves as a token of value, e.g. bottles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2210/124—Counting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2210/128—Data transmitting means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2210/00—Equipment of refuse receptacles
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  • landfills have skyrocketed. Decreases in available landfill capacity have caused the cost associated with disposing of waste in such landfills to increase. Adding to these costs are governmental (e.g., federal, state and local) landfill taxes, which have also increased sharply over the past few decades.
  • ELECTRONICALLY FILED AUGUST 11, 2008 PAGE 4 OF 22 materials, uploading unique identification data and the reward to a central database, and crediting the account for the first entity with the reward.
  • the recycling container 104 may be identifiable with an entity 102 by an identification tag 106 having a unique identifier (e.g., an alphanumeric code representative of a single entity).
  • the identification tag 106 may be placed on an outer surface of the recycling container 104.
  • the identification tag 106 may be a card, keyfob, identification means, or the like, held by a person responsible for delivering the recyclable materials to the drop-off center 108.
  • the identification tag 106 may be a non-machine readable label or other non-machine readable device.
  • the identification tag 106 may include an identifier that can be transferred to (e.g., manually entered into) the host server 112, which in turn, uses the unique identifier to obtain information stored thereon for identifying the recycling container 104 and the entity information.
  • the drop-off center 108 may be any location where a town, city, municipality, organization, or the like, collects recycled materials.
  • the facility may be a gated property, operated by a municipality, and open during predetermined hours.
  • the drop-off 108 center may include one or a plurality of storage bins 114, a load-determining device 116, a data acquisition unit 118, a deciphering device 120, a transportation vehicle 122, an attendant 124, and a fraud detection system 126.
  • the drop-off center may include an attendant 124, who may be a person or a plurality of persons present at the facility during a predetermined time period.
  • an attendant 124 may use a deciphering device 120 adapted to obtain the unique identifier from the identification tag 106 corresponding to an entity 102.
  • the deciphering device 120 may be operable to communicate with the data-acquisition unit 118 to allow for verification of the unique identifier.
  • the deciphering device 120 may be a handheld barcode reader to obtain a unique identifier from a bar-coded keycard held by the entity.
  • the deciphering device 120 may be an RFID reader to obtain the unique identifier from an RFID tag embedded in the entity's recycling container 104.
  • other deciphering devices capable of obtaining and transmitting data to ascertain an identity, and the like, may also be used.
  • the transportation vehicle 122 may include a truck or other movable vehicle adapted to transport the recyclable materials from the drop-off center 108 to an industrial/ commercial recycling facility.
  • ELECTRONICALLY FILED AUGUST 11, 2008 PAGE 10 OF 22 facilitate performing the functions of the data acquisition unit 118; and/ or (ii) one or more records or other data structures (collectively, "records") 210.sub.i-210.sub.n.
  • Each of the records may be stored as or in a single file or a plurality of files, and may be structured as text, a table, a database, a distributed hashtable, a distributed concurrent object store, a document formed using a markup or markup-like language, and the like.
  • the records may include, for example, a deposited-material record 21O.sub.j.
  • the deposited-material record 21O.sub.j may store, be populated with or otherwise adapted to hold the deposited-material measure as determined by the load- determining device.
  • the processor 206 may execute (e.g., launch, generate, run, maintain, etc.) and/ or operate on the operating system.
  • the processor 206 may be capable of (i) executing the software 214; (ii) storing the records 210.sub.i-210.sub.n in the memory 208; (iii) dispatching to the host server 112 the records 210.sub.i-210.sub.n (including the deposited-material record 21O.sub.j) for further processing; (iv) issuing triggers and/or (v) issuing one or more commands and/ or instructions to cause the further processing of records 210.sub.i-210.sub.n.
  • the processor 206 examples include conventional processors, microprocessors, multi-core processors, microcontrollers and the like.
  • the support circuits 218 facilitate operation of the processor 206 and may include well-known circuitry or circuits, including, for example, an I/O interface; one or more network-interface units ("NIUs"); cache; clock circuits; power supplies; and the like.
  • the NIUs may be adapted for communicating over any of, any multiple of, any combination of or any combination of multiples of terrestrial wireless, satellite, and/ or wireline media.
  • the processor 206 (and in turn, the data-acquisition unit 118) may use the NIUs for exchanging content with the host server 112 via network 110.
  • the bus 222 provides for transmissions of digital information among the processor 206, the memory 208, support circuits 218 and other portions of the data acquisition unit 118 (shown and not shown).
  • the processor 228 may be one or more conventional processors, microprocessors, multi-core processors, microcontrollers and the like.
  • the processor may be one or more conventional processors, microprocessors, multi-core processors, microcontrollers and the like.

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Abstract

Des modes de réalisation de la présente invention concernent un système et un procédé d'encouragement au recyclage de matières recyclables par octroi d'encouragements financiers à des consommateurs pour qu'ils apportent leurs déchets à une installation centrale de collecte sélective par apport volontaire. Dans un mode de réalisation de la présente invention, un procédé d'encouragement au recyclage de matières recyclables consiste à créer un compte pour au moins une première entité, à mettre en place un centre de collecte sélective par apport volontaire en vue de la réception d'une pluralité de matières recyclables de ladite première entité, à recevoir les matières recyclables au niveau du centre de collecte en vue d'un traitement, à mesurer et enregistrer des données quantitatives ou qualitatives se rapportant aux matières recyclables, à calculer une récompense en corrélation avec les données quantitatives ou qualitatives enregistrées pour les matières recyclables, et à créditer le compte de la première entité avec cette récompense.
PCT/US2008/072739 2007-08-09 2008-08-11 Système de collecte sélective par apport volontaire et procédé associé Ceased WO2009021227A2 (fr)

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EP2816536A1 (fr) * 2013-06-18 2014-12-24 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH Automate de reprise pour bouteilles consignées
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EP2336953A1 (fr) * 2009-12-10 2011-06-22 Hsiu-An Lin Stockage des déchets et procédé et système de gestion des déchets dans un stockage de déchets
ITMC20100118A1 (it) * 2010-12-20 2012-06-21 Stefano Montecchiani Metodo per il controllo della raccolta di rifiuti e dispositivi per la raccolta di rifiuti utilizzabili in detto metodo.
EP2816536A1 (fr) * 2013-06-18 2014-12-24 Wincor Nixdorf International GmbH Automate de reprise pour bouteilles consignées
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