EP2818431A1 - System zum getrennten Sammeln von Müll mittels codierter Sammelbeutel - Google Patents

System zum getrennten Sammeln von Müll mittels codierter Sammelbeutel Download PDF

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EP2818431A1
EP2818431A1 EP14425085.9A EP14425085A EP2818431A1 EP 2818431 A1 EP2818431 A1 EP 2818431A1 EP 14425085 A EP14425085 A EP 14425085A EP 2818431 A1 EP2818431 A1 EP 2818431A1
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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
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    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F1/00—Refuse receptacles; Accessories therefor
    • B65F1/0006—Flexible refuse receptables, e.g. bags, sacks
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65F2210/148—Locking 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
    • B65F2210/172—Solar cells
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2250/00—Materials of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2250/105—Biodegradable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2250/00—Materials of refuse receptacles
    • B65F2250/108—Paper
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65F—GATHERING OR REMOVAL OF DOMESTIC OR LIKE REFUSE
    • B65F2250/00—Materials of refuse receptacles
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  • the present invention concerns a system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags, particularly suitable to offer users an improved management of the waste collection service.
  • waste collection is a very heartfelt and topical issue due to a series of problems related to the differentiation and sorting of waste and to its collection, management and transport.
  • Another drawback is due to the fact that the containers that have not been emptied or bags that have not been collected remain in the street, with the risk of having bags of different colours or containers that may tip over in the streets.
  • Another problem encountered concerns the access of waste collectors to private property, which for example can mean that the property's gate must be left open on the day of the collection, which actually means that it is left open on a number of days as the different types of waste are collected on different days; otherwise the user has the burden of taking the bag or container in the street and then taking it back in the house in the evening.
  • Another problem related to the previous system is the difficult management of public holidays and Sundays, especially in tourist areas, where visitors do not know where and how to leave the waste produced.
  • a first drawback is related to the disposal of the waste, which is often undisciplined, so waste is left on the ground or mixed or placed in the wrong containers; the disposal is anonymous therefore it is not possible, for example, to fine who makes a mistake or leaves waste that is not correctly sorted, etc.
  • the household waste disposal and recycling sites are often out of town or in any case they are not close therefore a car is needed to take the waste to the site; this situation creates great problems, especially for the elderly who do not drive and have to depend on someone or a family member to take them to the household waste disposal and recycling sites or they have to make more than one journey to dispose of their waste.
  • Another problem is related to the fact that at household waste disposal and recycling sites when it is time to empty the containers they are either overfilled or half empty; this results in a non-uniform distribution and extra work by the collectors to remove excess waste in order to be able to empty the containers into trucks that transport it to the landfill or incinerator; this also results in unnecessary emptying of the containers if they are not full. In both cases there is an increase in management costs.
  • the system just mentioned solves the problems described with the previous system, but only authorised persons (in possession of the key/card) can access the service.
  • This condition allows for good monitoring of waste production and of the methods of disposal in the containers, and this makes it possible to produce statistics on the users in order to better organise the service, for example, by placing a greater number of containers in areas where the disposal of waste is greater or reducing them where less waste is disposed of, and this also in relation to the kind of waste.
  • this system it is possible to monitor the containers even at a distance with the presence of cameras or with a link to the container, and the data collected can be used to optimise the service.
  • This system also has drawbacks as the management of keys/cards is quite laborious for various reasons: the key/card is frequently lost and must be duplicated, demagnetisation of the cards, payment of a deposit for the key/card, management costs, etc. In addition the distribution of the keys/cards to the users is also quite laborious.
  • this system does not solve the impacting problem related to the management of the occasional need for the service, for example in the case of tourists, campers, associations, events, work sites, etc.; this important problem is shared also by the systems previously mentioned but in this system and in the door-to-door system it is of greater importance due to the fact that the waste is collected already sorted and on different days during the week, according to the type of waste.
  • the object of the present invention is substantially to solve the problems of the known technique overcoming the above mentioned difficulties by means of a system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags particularly suitable to offer to anyone, users, residents and guests, the possibility of placing differentiated waste in special containers at any moment.
  • a second aim of the present invention is to develop a system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags, where the bags can be purchased from the service manager, shops/supermarkets or from simple automatic distributors positioned near the containers.
  • Another aim of the present invention is to develop a system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags in which the possession of a bag suitable for the type of waste enables access to the system and service.
  • a further aim of the present invention is to develop a system of differentiated waste by means of coded collection bags that makes the waste collection service efficient, very organised, monitored and above all with the economic contribution of whoever takes advantage of it.
  • a still further but not final aim of the present invention is to develop a system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags that is easy to manufacture and works well.
  • 10 denotes, as a whole, a container used in the system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bags, according to the present invention that is designed to house the coded bags shown in figure 2 .
  • the container 10 is a container for the collection of waste of the bin type or a normal plastic or metal container in the shape of a parallelepiped, which has a wheeled base 11 for easy and practical handling, a covering element 12 of the inner compartment designed to house bags containing waste.
  • the container 10 has a mechanism for opening closing the covering element 12 consisting of, for example, a lock to close the container and/or a mechanical device that opens the covering element, a reader 14 preferably positioned on the front part of the container in a position which is convenient and accessible for a user, as will be explained below.
  • a mechanism for opening closing the covering element 12 consisting of, for example, a lock to close the container and/or a mechanical device that opens the covering element, a reader 14 preferably positioned on the front part of the container in a position which is convenient and accessible for a user, as will be explained below.
  • the container comprises supplying means for supplying the reader and an opening/closing mechanism that consist of a battery, also of the rechargeable type, located on the structure of the container such as, for example, below the base and in any case in a position not easily accessible to unauthorised people to prevent tampering.
  • the said battery is charged either by being connected to the power supply or by means of the solar panel 15, placed on the covering element 12, as shown in figure 1 .
  • the system of differentiated waste collection according to the present invention foresees the use of a collecting bag 20, on the outer surface of which it has a code 21 as shown in figure 2 .
  • the bag is made of biodegradable material and/or paper for waste defined as "wet", of paper for paper waste and of plastic for waste made of plastic so that the waste and the waste bag are preferably compatible.
  • the various types of bag can be purchased from the manager of the collection service, such as the council, distributed by shops or be sold though automatic distributors positioned near the areas where the containers are placed or in set places.
  • the purchase price of the bags can include in part or in whole the cost of the collection service.
  • the code in the bag has several functions including enabling the dedicated container to be identified and acting as a key for opening the container in as much as the reader 14, recognising the type of code, releases the container closing mechanism and the user can open the closing element of the container manually or it opens automatically so the user can place the bag inside the container.
  • the code can contain data that identify the user, the place of residence, etc.
  • the system in question makes it possible to throw waste in the dedicated containers in a simple and organised manner, since it does not require keys or cards that can be easily lost or forgotten, as used to happen with the systems of the known technique; in addition one hand is sufficient as the user holding the bag in his/her hand, has to place the identification code of the bag on the reader, which recognises it and opens the container so that the user can throw the bag into the container, which will then close automatically.
  • the reader does not recognise the bag with the code because the bag is for another type of waste or because the code is false the container does not open.
  • a variant of the covering element 12 envisages that, once the reader has detected the code, the opening mechanism instead of fully opening the covering element of the container, only opens a portion, that is to say a section in which to place the bag, which with its weight closes it.
  • the system foresees, for example, that the service manager supplies to a user family a predetermined number of bags, one per week for each type of waste upon payment of a fee. If the user uses the bags assigned in less time than expected, he/she may purchase other bags from the service manager or from a shop or from the automatic distributors.
  • the system envisages a single bag to place all types of waste in a special container, at a cost of the bag which is higher than the others, to entice, for example, tourists and participants in events not to abandon or leave rubbish, without the burden however of having to sort the waste; at the same time they would contribute to the cost of the service as opposed to what currently happens, where the costs for the service in tourist areas are covered by the councils.
  • the system of differentiated waste collection by means of coded collection bag allows any user who has a suitable coded bag, to place differentiated waste in special containers at any time; the users can be residents, occasional users such as tourists or people passing though, for example, campers or truck drivers or other users as previously indicated.
  • the coded bag can be distributed by the manager of the waste collection service, it can be purchased in shops, supermarkets or purchased from automatic distributors placed, for example, near the containers.
  • the system makes the waste collection service efficient, very organised, controlled and above all the cost is borne by whoever uses the service, whether it be a resident or occasional user; it allows a fair and equitable charge of the costs in proportion to the amount of waste actually produced and not as currently occurs on the basis of the surface of the house, which may be very large but only used by a single elderly person that produces much less waste than a large family that lives in a small apartment.
  • the code present on the bags can include an element that identifies the family or the area and, in this way, data can be collected to monitor the quantities of waste placed, the areas of major production to organise better the emptying of the containers when they are actually full, enabling optimum management of the service, increasing/reducing the need for collection vehicles to come for each type of waste.
  • using the reader it is possible to know how many bags have been introduced into the container so that it is also possible to know the days in the week on which a greater number of bags is placed. In particular, as the bag has a cost, this leads the users to filling it completely with a saving in time on the waste management costs.
  • the system also makes it possible, by means of the reader to alert, through a message, to the fact that the container is full and to activate the operator for emptying; this enables to optimise the journeys for emptying the containers, making the service more efficient and less unfocussed, for example compared to the time employed for the door-to-door collection.
  • this system solves all the problems previously described of the door-to-door system, household waste disposal and recycling sites with time and location restrictions or those of the bins with key/card system.
  • a further advantage is the saving of the service manager and thus, for example, of the council in the management of the service, since the journeys and routes of the waste collectors are significantly reduced and this translates into a reduction of costs and consequently of the prices for users.
  • a further but not final advantage of the present invention is that it proves remarkably easy to use and to manufacture and works well.

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