JP2006155492A - Waste processing support system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To promote recycling of a household electric appliance to suppress a crime such as illegal dumping as thoroughly as possible by facilitating a procedure for separation of a disposal target article. <P>SOLUTION: An RF tag 11 of the disposal target article 10 stores ID information of the disposal target article 10. A discharger of the disposal target article not shown in Figure reads the ID information of the target article by use of an RF tag read/write function of one's own portable communication terminal 20 by use of an RF tag read/write function of one's own portable communication terminal 20 and transmits it to a disposal center 30. The disposal center 30 extracts a separation method of the disposal target article from an article information database 33 according to the ID information of the disposal target article 10 transmitted from the portable communication terminal 20, returns it to the corresponding portable communication terminal 20, and makes the portable communication terminal 20 display it. The discharged disposal target article 10 is recovered by a recovery agent 40 by an instruction from the disposal center 30, and is delivered to a disposal/recycling plant 50. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a waste disposal support system that facilitates waste separation.

  In recent years, household electric appliances represented by electric refrigerators, electric washing machines, television receivers, and the like have become widespread, and along with this, the amount of household electric appliances that have been used is increasing. These used home electric appliances are being recycled from the viewpoint of resource reuse and garbage reduction.

Conventionally, discarded household electrical appliances collected by local governments were treated in the same way as general oversized garbage, but with the introduction of the Home Appliance Recycling Law, designated companies collect them and transport them to recycling plants for use as resources. The system has been changed to reuse. In addition, by introducing the manifest system, waste dischargers can determine what items are to be disposed of when discharging waste, purchase a sticker with a predetermined barcode, and describe the personal information of the waste dischargers. Attached to the above waste and disposed of, the waste collector confirms the contents of the seal, transports it to a disposal / recycling plant, and recycles according to the contents of the seal at the recycling plant. Management systems have also been built. Bar codes are printed on the seals used in the manifest, and a system for centrally managing these bar codes in a series of operations related to collection and disposal is being built. Such a technique is described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, for example.
JP-A-5-338704 JP 2002-230153 A

  However, it may be difficult for the waste discharger who discharges waste to determine whether the article to be discarded is a target article based on the Home Appliance Recycling Law. It has become complicated to determine whether or not recycling is possible at the time of discarding an article to be discarded. Therefore, especially when the waste discharger is a general user of home appliances, it is becoming a heavy burden to determine whether recycling is necessary or not under complicated conditions. In addition, there is a problem that a procedure that is difficult to understand, such as purchasing a manifest and describing a predetermined item, occurs when discarding, and the problem of illegal dumping occurs due to the difficulty in understanding the predetermined procedure. I'm worried about it. In addition, since the seal-shaped manifest is affixed to an article to be discarded in the disposal process, there are also problems with fraud such as deterioration of the seal in the transportation process and the like, and data falsification due to sticking of the seal.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and facilitates sorting and disposal procedures for articles to be discarded, for example, promoting recycling of used household electrical appliances, and crimes such as illegal dumping as much as possible. The object is to provide a waste treatment support system that contributes to the suppression.

  In order to solve such a problem, the waste treatment support system of the present invention can be read / written with respect to an RF tag that is attached to an article to be discarded and stores ID information of the article to be discarded in an updatable manner. A plurality of communication terminals each having a unique RF tag read / write function, each of which can be identified, and a database, and the database in response to ID information of the articles to be discarded transmitted from the communication terminal A disposal center for inquiring the contents of the information, extracting processing information for specifying a method for separating the articles to be discarded, and transmitting the extracted processing information to the corresponding communication terminal for display. A sorting process is instructed for each article to be discarded designated by the ID information of the target article.

  According to the present invention, the ID information of the articles to be discarded stored in the RF tag is read by the disposal center to facilitate the selection and disposal procedure of the articles to be discarded. Crimes such as illegal dumping can be suppressed as much as possible.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

(One embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a system block diagram showing a system configuration of a waste disposal support system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the RF tag 11 of the discard target article 10 stores ID information of the discard target article 10. A discharger of a disposal target article (not shown) uses the RF tag read / write function of his / her portable communication terminal 20 to read the ID information of the target article and transmit it to the disposal center 30. The disposal center 30 extracts the disposal target article separation method from the article information database 33 in response to the ID information of the disposal target article 10 transmitted from the mobile communication terminal 20, and returns it to the corresponding mobile communication terminal 20. Display. The discharged object 10 to be discarded is collected by the collection company 40 in accordance with an instruction from the disposal center 30 and delivered to the disposal / recycling plant 50.

  Specifically, the mobile communication terminal 20 includes an RF reader / writer 21 for reading / writing to the RF tag 11, an information storage memory 22 for storing personal information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 20, a disposal center 30 and information. It has the communication control part 23 for communicating. The mobile communication terminal 20 is a terminal device having the communication function that can be carried, such as a mobile phone or a PDA.

  The discard center 30 has a communication control unit 31 for transmitting and receiving information to and from the mobile communication terminal 20. The disposal center 30 includes a disposal information database 34 that stores details regarding the collection company 40 and the disposal / recycling plant 50 in addition to the above-described article information database 33. When disposal processing is required, the database inquiry section 32 is provided. Thus, the output of the article information database 33 and the contents of the disposal information database 34 are collated, and the recovery company 40 and the disposal / recycling plant 50 are selected according to the type of the article 10 to be discarded.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of waste processing in the waste processing support system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Now, an example will be described in which an electric washing machine, which is a used household electrical device subject to legal recycling, and a sofa, which is general bulky waste, are discharged simultaneously (steps ST1, ST2). In step ST1 or step ST2, when the article to be discarded 10 is an electric washing machine, the RF tag 11 is previously recorded with article ID information “ID100” indicating the electric washing machine. Similarly, when the disposal target article 10 is a sofa, the sofa article ID information “ID200” is recorded in the RF tag 11.

  Next, using the RF tag reader / writer function of the mobile communication terminal 20, the discharger of the article to be discarded 10 adds a disposal code “1”, which is a code indicating that the article is to be discarded, to the RF tag. Write. As a result, ID information “ID1001” is generated in the case of the electric washing machine, and ID information “ID2001” is generated in the case of the sofa. Next, the mobile communication terminal 20 reads the ID information of the article to be discarded again (step ST3).

  In this way, the RF tag 11 is stored that the corresponding electric washing machine and sofa are to be discarded (steps ST4 and ST5).

  Next, the waste discharger uses the browser function of the mobile communication terminal 20 to perform the following registration procedure using the page regarding waste processing in the homepage established by the disposal center 30. In other words, personal information such as the address and name of the person who is the waste discharger, the selection of the collection location (such as the collection location of not only the home but also the oversized garbage in the area), the setting of the desired collection date and time, and the cost of disposal processing Register for the payment method. In addition, the waste discharger related information is transmitted to the disposal center 30 by the mobile communication terminal 20 together with the ID information “ID1001” or “ID2001” of the discarded article updated and stored in step ST3. That is, with this transmission, the mobile communication terminal 20 transmits personal identification information for identifying the waste discharger stored in the information storage memory 22 to the disposal center 30 (step ST6). With this personal identification information for identifying the waste discharger, the disposal center 30 can confirm the qualification of whether or not the target person is a person who can request disposal processing, such as whether the subject has paid a fee in advance.

  Next, the disposal center 30 refers to the article information database 33 based on the received waste ID information, and selects a disposal method for the articles to be discarded. That is, the electric washing machine having the ID information “ID1001” is selected as an object to be recycled. On the other hand, the sofa whose ID information is “ID2001” is selected as one to be collected as coarse garbage (step ST7).

  Based on the selection result, the disposal center 30 refers to the disposal information database 34, for example, when the object is a sofa, and collects the bulky garbage collector 40 nearest to the waste discharger preferable for processing the sofa that is bulky garbage. And a waste plant 50 is selected. Further, the disposal center 30 contacts the collection company 40 and the disposal plant 50, and confirms information on necessary items such as collection date and time, collection availability at the collection place set by the waste discharger (steps ST8 and ST9). ). On the other hand, in the case of an electric washing machine, the disposal center 30 selects a recycling collection company 40 and a recycling plant 50 that are optimal or suitable for the electric washing machine, and further determines whether or not the selected collection company 40 and recycling plant 50 can be collected. The situation is confirmed (steps ST10 and ST11).

  Next, according to the selected content, the disposal center 30 notifies the waste discharger of information regarding the collection date and time and the collection location by sending an email to the waste communication unit 20 of the waste discharger, specify. The waste discharger confirms the received information on the display surface (not shown) of the mobile communication terminal, determines whether there is any inconvenience in the collection date and time, and sends a response regarding the received information to the disposal center by reply mail. 30. If the waste discharger can conveniently discharge the waste, the disposal center 30 instructs the selected waste collection company 40 and the disposal / recycling plant 50 to collect the waste according to the return information from the waste discharger ( Steps ST9 and ST11).

  In this way, the disposal center 30 communicates not only with the waste product ejector but also with the collection company 40 and the disposal / recycling plant 50, and determines the disposal procedure for the disposal target product 10. For this reason, the disposal center 30 may cancel the collection instruction in accordance with the cost processing status from the waste discharger, for example, if the advance payment is insufficient, and instruct the waste discharger to perform the cost processing. The management control is also performed. These series of processes are executed in step ST7 in the flowchart of FIG.

  When the disposal procedure of the disposal target article 10 is determined in this manner, the disposal article ejector ejects the disposal target article 10 to the designated disposal location (step ST12).

  Next, the waste collection company 40 goes to the designated collection place instructed by the transmission from the disposal center 30 and reads the RF tag information of the articles to be discarded using the RF reader / writer 21. The waste collection company 40 also owns the mobile communication terminal 20. Therefore, the waste collection company 40 reads the ID information of the RF tag 11 of the article to be discarded, which is instructed in advance from the disposal center 30, and collates with the mobile communication terminal 20. If the result of the collation is that it is an electric washing machine if it matches, this is an article to be recycled, so the recycling collection company adds its own supplier code “110” to the RF tag 11 for the article to be discarded (ST13). As a result, the collection history code “ID1001110” indicating that the corresponding recycling / recovery company 40 has collected is recorded in the RF tag 11 of the corresponding electric washing machine (step ST14), and the corresponding electric washing machine is recycled by the recycling / recovery company 40. It is transported to the plant 50 (step ST15). The collection history code “ID1001110” is transmitted to the disposal center 30 by the mobile communication terminal 20 (step ST13). The collected collection history code “ID1001110” is registered in the discard information database 34 of the discard center 30.

  On the other hand, if the disposal target is a sofa, similarly, the trader code of the bulky garbage collector 40, for example, “001” is added to the discarded article (step ST16), and the collection history code “ID2001001” of the bulky garbage collector 40 is set. The RF tag 11 is written (step ST17), and the sofa is transferred to the disposal plant 50 (step ST18). The collection history code “ID2001001” of the bulky garbage collector 40 is transmitted to the disposal center 30 by the mobile communication terminal 20 (step ST16). The collected collection history code “ID2001001” is registered in the discard information database 34 of the discard center 30.

  When the electric washing machine, which is the article 10 to be discarded, is conveyed by the collection company 40, the recycling plant 50 reads the RF tag 11 of the article 10 to be discarded that has been conveyed by the RF tag reader and discards the read collection history code. Transmit to the center 30. In the disposal center 30, the collection history code transmitted from the recycling plant 50 is inquired with information from a waste collection company registered in the disposal information database 34 in advance. If both are matched as a result of the proper disposal processing as in step ST13 or step ST16, the disposal center 30 instructs the disposal / recycling plant 50 to either discard or recycle ( Step ST19). If the collection history codes do not match, the disposal process is not appropriate and may be fraudulent, so the disposal center 30 does not give a disposal instruction or recycling instruction to the disposal / recycling plant 50.

  In this way, the disposal status of the disposal target article is added to the RF tag 11 with the disposal code “1”, the trader code “110”, “001”, etc., and the ID information of the article is sequentially updated and recorded. Since the corresponding information is also sent to the disposal center 30 and constantly monitored, the disposal center 30 centrally manages the separate collection and disposal of the articles to be discarded.

  Thus, according to the waste processing support system according to this embodiment, when the waste discharger who discharges the waste makes it difficult to sort the waste articles, the disposal center 30 selects the disposal target articles 10. By using the article information database 33, it is possible to promote crimes such as illegal dumping caused by the promotion of recycling of used household electrical appliances and at least the disposal procedure and procedure being unknown. In particular, in the case of household electrical appliances and the like, the recycling target may be sequentially updated or expanded, but even in this case, even if the waste discharger does not know the details, it can be handled only by updating the article information database 33. The burden on the waste discharger will not increase.

  In addition, since the disposal procedure can be performed by using the portable communication terminal 20 built in the RF reader / writer 21 and contacting the disposal center 30, it is possible to purchase a manifest in advance or send it to the manifest. Therefore, it is possible to simplify the time-consuming procedure such as describing the predetermined items, and thus it is possible to reduce the work burden on the waste discharger's disposal.

  In the above-described embodiment, the personal information such as the address of the waste discharger has been described on the assumption that the waste collection place is the nearest collection point or home of the waste discharger. However, instead of fixing in this way as another embodiment, it is also possible to select and specify a desired disposal place other than the place of residence of the waste discharger. In such a case, the waste discharger can appropriately prevent the leakage of personal information such as who used the waste article to a waste collection company by appropriately selecting a disposal place.

  Also in the waste collection company 40, the ID information of the RF tag 11 attached to the disposal target article can be read to confirm whether or not it is a collection target. Since it can be easily confirmed whether or not illegally discarded articles for which no collection instruction has been issued can be prevented from being erroneously collected.

  Further, at the time of collection, a collection history code including a supplier code of the collection company is added to the RF tag 11 and transmitted to the disposal center 30, and the disposal / recycling plant 50 reads the information of the RF tag 11 of the article to be disposed of again. By collating the information at the disposal center 30, it is possible to ensure the identity between the collected disposal object and the article brought into the disposal / recycling plant. In addition, waste collection in the middle of processing, such as when a waste collection company prepares a dummy for the article to be disposed of and does not go to the designated collection place, but uses the dummy to carry out the collection process. It is also possible to prevent unauthorized disposal by a contractor.

  The present invention is suitable for constructing a system that supports waste evacuators who generally lack knowledge about waste separation.

The system block diagram which shows the system configuration | structure of the waste-treatment assistance system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention The flowchart for demonstrating the processing of the waste in the waste processing assistance system which concerns on one embodiment of this invention

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Object to be discarded 11 RF tag 20 Mobile communication terminal 21 RF reader / writer 22 Information storage memory 23 Communication control unit 30 Disposal center 31 Communication control unit 32 Database inquiry unit 33 Item information database 34 Disposal information database 40 Collection company 50 Disposal / recycling plant

Claims (4)

An RF tag that is attached to an article to be discarded and stores ID information of the article to be discarded in an updatable manner;
A plurality of communication terminals each having an RF tag read / write function capable of reading and writing to the RF tag, each of which can be identified;
Incorporating a database, in response to ID information of the article to be discarded transmitted from the communication terminal, inquires the contents of the database and extracts processing information for specifying a method for separating the article to be discarded, and this extraction A disposal center for transmitting and displaying the processing information to the corresponding communication terminal;
A waste processing support system configured to instruct a separation process for each disposal target article specified by the ID information of the disposal target article.   The communication terminal can be connected to a homepage of the disposal center, and in conjunction with the homepage, the collection location of the articles to be discarded can be designated or selected. Waste treatment support system.   In the collection instruction, the disposal center transmits the ID information of the article to be discarded to the communication terminal of the collection company, and the ID information of the article to be discarded and the RF tag of the article to be discarded are recorded. The waste processing support system according to claim 1, wherein the coincidence with the ID information is collated at a communication terminal of the collection company. In the collection process, the collection company updates and records the ID information of the RF tag using a code indicating itself at the communication terminal and transmits it to the disposal center, and the updated recorded ID information and the disposal / recycling plant. 2. The disposal center is instructed by the disposal center as to whether or not the disposal target article can be discarded in accordance with the ID information of the RF tag attached to the disposal target article read in step 1. Waste treatment support system.

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