KR20230050599A - Collecting method and system for carbon dioxide reducing and small plastic recycling - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for collecting small plastic by a small plastic processing server comprises the steps of: (a) transmitting small plastic collection request information transmitted from a private sorter terminal to a delivery driver terminal; (b) identifying a private recyclable material sorter from recognition information on an identification code attached to the small plastic collected by a delivery driver holding the delivery driver terminal, and obtaining weight information of the small plastic collected from the identified private recyclable material sorter; and (c) calculating the amount of carbon emissions reduced by each private recyclable material sorter based on the types of small plastics discharged by each private recyclable material sorter, information on carbon emissions reduced when recycling each type of small plastic, and information on the weight of the discharged small plastics. The present invention provides rewards for the sorters with high contribution.

Description

COLLECTING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CARBON DIOXIDE REDUCING AND SMALL PLASTIC RECYCLING}

The present invention relates to a collection method and system for reducing carbon emissions and converting small plastics into resources, and more particularly, to collect only recyclable small plastics and to make it possible to calculate the amount of carbon emissions reduced due to the collection of small plastics. It relates to methods and systems.

Korea's plastic separation rate is much higher than other countries.

Korea's annual waste disposal costs reach 15 trillion won, and are increasing by more than 15% every year. This is because half of the plastics recognized as recyclable are actually treated as waste because they are contaminated or made of composite materials that cannot be recycled.

It is common for discharge users to manually separate recyclables at recycling sorters. Small plastics are often incinerated and chemically recycled or treated as general waste and landfilled.

In order to solve this problem, although some recycling collection systems are being developed, carbon emissions are inevitably involved in moving the plastic collected by each institution or organization, and time must be coordinated between the emitter and the collector. There is no choice but to follow the hassle of doing it.

In addition, high labor costs were incurred when collecting plastics by existing delivery drivers, and inefficient operation was inevitable.

Therefore, there is a need for a technology capable of reducing carbon emissions while collecting and recycling small-sized plastics.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art described above.

An object of the present invention is to calculate the amount of carbon emission reduction due to recycling of small plastics and provide a reward for selectors with a large contribution, thereby providing motivation for the sound treatment of recyclables.

Another object of the present invention is to promote awareness of properly discharging recyclables by giving disadvantages to private selectors who discharged the recyclables in the case of refusal to hand over the recyclables due to contamination or the like.

The objects of the present invention are not limited to the objects mentioned above, and other objects not mentioned will be clearly understood from the description below.

According to one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, as a method for a small plastic processing server to collect small plastics, (a) small plastic collection request information transmitted from a private sorter terminal is transmitted to a delivery driver terminal sending to; (b) From the recognition information on the identification code attached to the small plastics collected by the delivery driver carrying the delivery driver terminal, a private recyclables sorter is identified, and the weight information of the small plastics collected from the identified private recyclables sorter. obtaining; and (c) calculating the amount of carbon emission reduction for each private recycling sorter based on the type of small plastics emitted by each private recycling sorter, the carbon emission information reduced when recycling each type of small plastic, and the weight information of the small plastics emitted. Including, there is provided a small plastic collection method.

The method for collecting small plastics may further include providing a reward proportional to the carbon emission reduction to a terminal of each private recycling sorter.

In the step (c), when the delivery driver visits N collection locations designated by N private recycling sorters during one collection, the sum of the distances between each of the N collection locations and the recyclables processing company Calculating a value obtained by multiplying the result of subtracting the distance traveled during collection by the carbon emission of the means of transportation per unit distance, dividing by N, and summing the carbon emission reduction of each of the N private recycling sorters. there is.

The step (c) may include deducting a carbon emission reduction amount of the private recyclable sorter who discharged the small plastic when the handover of the small plastic is rejected due to contamination.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, a collection request transmission unit for transmitting small plastic collection request information transmitted from a private sorter terminal to a delivery driver terminal; From the recognition information on the identification code attached to the small plastics collected by the delivery driver possessing the delivery driver's terminal, identifying the private recyclables sorter and obtaining weight information of the small plastics collected from the identified private recyclables sorter small plastic processing unit; and a carbon reduction calculation unit that calculates the amount of carbon emission reduction for each private recycling sorter based on the types of small plastics emitted by private recycling sorters, carbon emission information reduced when recycling small plastics by type, and weight information of emitted small plastics. Including, a small plastic collection system is provided.

According to an embodiment, carbon emission reduction due to recycling of small plastics can be calculated, and rewards for selectors with a large contribution can be provided, thereby motivating healthy treatment of recyclables.

According to an embodiment, in the case of refusal to hand over recyclables due to contamination or the like, a private sorter who discharges the recyclables is penalized, thereby raising awareness of properly discharging recyclables.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a collection system for reducing carbon emissions and recycling small plastics according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting small plastics according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a recyclables processing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The detailed description of the present invention which follows refers to the accompanying drawings which illustrate, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the present invention may be practiced. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable one skilled in the art to practice the present invention. It should be understood that the various embodiments of the present invention are different from each other but are not necessarily mutually exclusive. For example, specific shapes, structures, and characteristics described herein may be implemented in one embodiment in another embodiment without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Additionally, it should be understood that the location or arrangement of individual components within each disclosed embodiment may be changed without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the detailed description set forth below is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention, if properly described, is limited only by the appended claims, along with all equivalents as claimed by those claims. Like reference numbers in the drawings indicate the same or similar function throughout the various aspects.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art can easily practice the present invention.

In the present specification, “small plastic” refers to a plastic having a maximum length of 15 cm or less connecting any two points, for example, any two points on the edge of the plastic, which is a recycled product.

1 is a diagram schematically showing a collection system for reducing carbon emissions and recycling small plastics according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a private sorter terminal 100, a delivery driver terminal 200, and a small plastic processing server 300.

The private sorter terminal 100, the delivery driver terminal 200, and the small plastic processing server 300 are mutual communication networks, such as mobile communication networks, local area networks (LAN), and metropolitan area networks (MAN). Network), wide area network (WAN), World Wide Web (WWW), and wireless fidelity (WiFi).

The private sorter terminal 100 and the delivery driver terminal 200 have an arithmetic function, and may be implemented in any form as long as they are devices capable of communicating with the outside. For example, it may be implemented in a smart phone, tablet PC, desktop, laptop notebook, PDA, etc., but is not limited thereto.

The private sorter terminal 100 is a terminal 100 possessed by a private recyclable sorter or an operator of a sorting company. Private recyclable sorters or sorting companies may be replaced by general users. They store the collected and sorted small plastics, transmit collection request information through the private sorter terminal 100, and deliver driver terminal 200 ) to receive collection information. Small plastics may be stored in a collection bag, and for example, residents living within a predetermined radius may store small plastics in a specific collection bag.

In addition, the private sorter terminal 100 receives information on carbon emissions reduced by the small plastics collected later from the small plastic processing server 300 .

The delivery driver terminal 200 receives collection request information from a plurality of private selector terminals 100 and transmits collection information including a collection schedule and the like. The delivery driver attaches an identification code to the collected small plastics or the collection bag in which the small plastics are stored, and hands over the small plastics to a recycling company.

An application for implementing the functions described in this specification may be installed in the private selector terminal 100 and the delivery driver terminal 200 . These applications may be downloaded and installed from the small plastic processing server 300 or an app store server (not shown) different therefrom.

The small plastic processing server 300 is a server operated by a recyclables processing company, and measures the weight of the collected items handed over from the delivery driver, that is, the small plastics collected from the identification code attached to the small plastic collection bag. Calculation results for carbon emissions reduced by collecting small plastics are provided to the private sorter terminal 100.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of collecting small plastics according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the private recyclables sorter transmits collection request information on the collected and sorted small plastics to the recyclables processing server 300 through its own terminal 100 (①). The collection request information may include a type of small plastic, a weight of small plastic, and a photograph of the small plastic to be collected. In addition, collection location information and collection available time information may be further included. The collection location information may be automatically input as location information detected by a location sensor built into the private sorter terminal 100, and other information may be directly input by the private recyclables sorter.

After the collection request information is collected by the small plastic processing server 300, it may be transmitted to the delivery driver terminal 200 (②).

The delivery driver may select a desired collection request from among a plurality of collection request information received through the delivery driver terminal 200 . In addition, collection request information automatically allocated by the small plastic processing server 300 is transmitted to each delivery driver terminal 200, and the delivery driver may accept or reject the received collection request information.

According to an embodiment, the delivery driver may select one or more collection requests from among a plurality of collection request information through his or her terminal 200. At this time, the location information of the delivery driver's terminal 200 is the small plastic processing server. It can be transmitted to (300) (③).

The delivery driver may collect small plastics or collection bags in which small plastics are stored from a plurality of private recyclable sorters during one collection. After setting the optimal route based on the current location information of 200), it may be transmitted to the delivery driver terminal 200.

The delivery driver terminal 200 may transmit information about the location of each collection point, the contact information of the private recyclable sorter, and the available collection time.

When acceptance information for one or more collection requests, that is, collection confirmation information is finally transmitted from the delivery driver terminal 200, the small plastic processing server 300 receiving the collection confirmation information transmits the collection confirmation information to each private sector. It is transmitted to the recycling sorter terminal 100 (④). The collection confirmation information may include an estimated arrival time and the like, and location information of the current delivery driver terminal 200 may be transmitted to the private recyclable items sorter terminal 100 in real time.

When the delivery driver arrives at the collection location designated by the private recyclable sorter (⑤), the delivery driver collects the collection target small plastic or the collection bag containing the small plastic (⑥). In this process, the delivery driver attaches an identification code to the corresponding small plastic or to the collection bag in which the small plastic is stored.

The identification code may include information such as identification information of a private recyclable sorter, weight information of small plastics, collection date and time information, information on whether small plastics need to be cleaned, and whether small plastics need to be color sorted.

According to an embodiment, these pieces of information may be information included in the collection request information of step ①. That is, the private recyclable sorter includes the above information in the collection request information and transmits it, and the small plastic processing server 300 transmits this information to the delivery driver terminal 200, and transmits the identification code including these information to the delivery driver. can be output.

According to another embodiment, after the delivery driver directly identifies the above information when collecting small plastics, inputs the corresponding information to the delivery driver terminal 200, and then directly outputs an identification code including such information.

The delivery driver terminal 200 may interwork with the identification code printer CP, and the identification code printer CP receiving information from the delivery driver terminal 200 responds to an output command from the delivery driver terminal 200. An identification code (eg, barcode or QR code, etc.) including information may be output.

The printed identification code is attached to the small plastic to be collected or the collection bag in which the small plastic is stored by the delivery driver.

When the collection of small plastics is completed through this process, the delivery driver may input collection completion information through the delivery driver terminal 200, and a collection completion notification may be transmitted to each private sorter terminal 100.

The delivery driver delivers and hands over the collected small plastics to a recycling company (⑦).

By recognizing the identification code attached to each small plastic or the collection bag in which the small plastic is stored, the recyclables processing company identifies the private sorter who discharged each small plastic, and the small plastic weight information included in each identification code or the actual The weight information measured by the recyclables processing company can be stored for each private recyclables sorter (⑧). To this end, each recyclables processing company may place a recyclings processing company terminal (not shown), and the recyclables processing company terminal may interwork with an identification code recognizer and a scale. That is, the information recognized by the identification code recognizer and the weight information measured by the scale may be transmitted to the small plastic processing server 300 through the terminal of the recycling company and stored therein.

When the recognition of the identification code and the input of the small plastic weight information are completed without any special matters, information indicating that the small plastic collection has finally been completed by the recyclables processing company may be transmitted to the private sorter terminal 100 . However, if collection is impossible, such as the existence of significant contamination as a result of small plastic inspection by the recyclables processing company, the intention for the collection is entered into the recycling company's terminal, and the information is transmitted to the private sorter terminal 100. It can be (⑨).

Meanwhile, when a request for cancellation of a collection request is received from the private sorter terminal 100 while the delivery driver is moving, or when an intention to refuse collection is received from the delivery driver terminal 200, the small plastic processing server 300 stores the collection failure information. may be transmitted to the private selector terminal 100 and the delivery driver terminal 200.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the small plastic processing server 300 may cumulatively store and manage the discharged weight of small plastics for each private recyclable sorter.

In addition, based on this information, it is possible to calculate the carbon reduction for each private recycling sorter.

The amount of carbon reduction per unit weight varies depending on the types of small plastics to be recycled (PET, DPE, LDPE, etc.). It can be obtained by multiplying the weight of

In addition, the amount of carbon reduction may be additionally calculated based on the distance information the delivery driver travels for collection and handover of small plastics.

A delivery driver can visit the designated collection locations of multiple private recyclable sorters at once, and there is a difference between the distance traveled during one collection and handover and the sum of the distances to the recyclables processing company for each collection location. will do

For example, when the length of a single collection and handover path including N collection locations is X, the distances between N collection locations and recycling companies are D ₀ to D _N , and the vehicle travels a unit distance. If the carbon emission of is C, the carbon emission reduced by the delivery driver's collection and handover of small plastics is as follows.

[Equation 1]

Since the carbon emission reduction calculated by Equation 1 is contributed by N private recycling sorters, the carbon emission reduction contributed by each private recycling sorter can be obtained by dividing the value calculated by Equation 1 by N.

In other words, the amount of carbon emission reduction contributed by each private recycling sorter is calculated according to the carbon emission reduction according to the weight of each small plastic type, the distance traveled by the delivery driver to collect and hand over the small plastic, and the distance to the recycling company at each collection location. It is the sum of the carbon emission reductions calculated based on the

In addition, as described above, the recyclables processing company may fail to hand over for reasons such as contamination of small plastics. Carbon emission reductions can be deducted. In addition, a different form of penalty may be given.

Specifically, information on carbon reduction per unit weight may be stored for each type of small plastic that has failed to be taken over when recycled. It can be calculated, and the calculated carbon emission reduction can be subtracted from the cumulative carbon emission reduction of the private recycling sorter.

Information on the amount of carbon emission reduction and cumulative carbon emission reduction calculated for each private recyclable sorter is transmitted to each private sorter terminal 100 (⑩).

The small plastic processing company server 300 may provide a reward proportional to the cumulative carbon emission reduction calculated as described above for each private recyclable sorter.

Rewards may be provided to the private selector terminal 100 in the form of points, coupons, or the like.

3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a small plastic processing server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the small plastic processing server 300 includes a collection request transmission unit 310, a collection confirmation unit 320, a small plastic processing unit 330, a carbon reduction calculation unit 340, and a reward providing unit 350. ).

The collection request transmission unit 310, the collection confirmation unit 320, the small plastic processing unit 330, the carbon reduction calculation unit 340, and the reward providing unit 350 may be program modules or hardware capable of communicating with an external device. can These program modules or hardware may be included in the small plastic processing server 300 or other devices capable of communicating with the small plastic processing server 300 in the form of an operating system, application program module, and other program modules, and may be physically stored on various known storage devices. can Meanwhile, these program modules or hardware include, but are not limited to, routines, subroutines, programs, objects, components, data structures, etc. that perform specific tasks or execute specific abstract data types according to the present invention.

The collection request transmission unit 310 performs a function of transmitting collection request information transmitted from the private sorter terminal 100 to the delivery driver terminal 200 .

The collection confirmation unit 320 transmits the collection acceptance information transmitted from the delivery driver terminal 200 to the private selector terminal 100 . In addition, information on each collection point and optimal route information that each delivery driver has to go through at the time of collection may be transmitted to the delivery driver terminal 200 .

The small plastic processing unit 330 acquires the identification information of the identification code attached to each small plastic handed over from the delivery driver and the weight information of the small plastic, and then stores information on the small plastic discharged by each private recyclable sorter. The type and weight of small plastics discharged by each private recycling sorter can be stored in a database.

The carbon reduction calculation unit 340 performs a function of calculating carbon emission reduction for each private recyclable sorter in the manner described above, and transmits the calculated result to each private sorter terminal 100.

The reward providing unit 250 performs a function of providing a reward proportional to the accumulated carbon emission reduction per unit period for each private recyclable sorter.

According to an embodiment, a resource circulation system for recyclables such as small plastics can be established, the amount of waste can be minimized, and the efficiency of sorting and collecting recyclables can be improved.

According to an embodiment, carbon emission reduction due to recycling of small plastics can be calculated, and a reward for a selector with a large contribution can be provided, thereby motivating healthy treatment of small plastics.

According to one embodiment, in the case of refusal to hand over small plastics for reasons such as contamination, it is possible to raise awareness of properly discharging small plastics by giving a disadvantage to private selectors who discharged the small plastics.

The above description of the present invention is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, the embodiments described above should be understood as illustrative in all respects and not limiting. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: private selector terminal
200: delivery driver terminal
300: small plastic processing server
310: collection request transmission unit
320: collection confirmation unit
330: small plastic processing unit
340: carbon reduction calculation unit
350: Reward provision unit

Claims (5)

As a method for a small plastic processing server to collect small plastics,
(a) transmitting the small plastic collection request information transmitted from the private sorter terminal to the delivery driver terminal;
(b) From the recognition information on the identification code attached to the small plastics collected by the delivery driver carrying the delivery driver terminal, a private recyclables sorter is identified, and the weight information of the small plastics collected from the identified private recyclables sorter. obtaining; and
(c) Calculating the amount of carbon emission reduction for each private recycling sorter based on the types of small plastics emitted by each private recycling sorter, the carbon emission information reduced when recycling each type of small plastic, and the weight information of the small plastics emitted Including, how to collect small plastics. According to claim 1,
Further comprising the step of providing a reward proportional to the amount of carbon emission reduction to a terminal of each private recycling sorter. According to claim 1,
In step (c),
When a delivery driver visits N collection locations designated by N private recycling sorters during one collection, the distance traveled during one collection is subtracted from the sum of the distances between each of the N collection locations and the recycling company. Calculating a value obtained by multiplying the result by the carbon emission of the means of transportation per unit distance, dividing by N, and adding the result to the carbon emission reduction of each of the N private recycling sorters. According to claim 1,
In step (c),
A method for collecting small plastics, comprising the step of deducting the carbon emission reduction of a private recyclable sorter that has discharged the small plastics when the handover of the small plastics is rejected for reasons of contamination. a collection request transmission unit that transmits small plastic collection request information transmitted from a private sorter terminal to a delivery driver terminal;
From the recognition information on the identification code attached to the small plastics collected by the delivery driver possessing the delivery driver's terminal, identifying the private recyclables sorter and obtaining weight information of the small plastics collected from the identified private recyclables sorter small plastic processing unit; and
Includes a carbon reduction calculation unit that calculates the amount of carbon emission reduction for each private recycling sorter based on the type of small plastics emitted by each private recycling sorter, the amount of carbon emissions reduced when recycling each type of small plastic, and the weight information of the small plastics emitted. A small plastic collection system.

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