A waste management system comprises a waste bin storing waste, wherein the waste bin comprises a smart waste bin sensor device installed on the waste bin of a waste bin owner. The smart waste bin sensor device comprises a set of sensors that sends and receives signals through a wireless network to a cloud server. The set of sensors implements, operates, detects, measures, and monitors environmental conditions inside or outside the waste bin. A waste and litter sensor detects, measures, and monitors a waste type, a waste volume, a litter type, a litter level, a biohazardous waste type, and a biohazardous waste level. A pathogen biosensor detects, measures, and monitors a pathogen type and a biosafety level. The pathogen biosensor comprises a sterilizer to kill pathogens. A waste bin mobile application and a waste collection facility application functionality enable a user to monitor waste in the waste bin.

A method of recycling aluminum alloy wheels, the method may comprise (a) providing a feed of aluminum alloy wheels; (b) fragmenting the aluminum alloy wheels into a plurality of fragments; (c) shot blasting the plurality of fragments to at least partly remove at least one contaminant material; (d) storing at least one recognition criterion and at least one carbon factor; (e) for each fragment of a representative sample of fragments, determining, for each contaminant material, a contaminant material concentration estimate for that fragment; (f) operating a data processor to either approve or reject the plurality of fragments, based on an aggregate carbon emission calculation being based on the contaminant material concentration estimate and the carbon factor. When the plurality of fragments is approved, they may be provided to a downstream recycling process. When the plurality of fragments is rejected, they may be further shot blasted.

A method of recycling aluminum alloy wheels, the method may comprise (a) providing a feed of aluminum alloy wheels; (b) fragmenting the aluminum alloy wheels into a plurality of fragments; (c) shot blasting the plurality of fragments to at least partly remove at least one contaminant material; (d) storing at least one recognition criterion and at least one carbon factor; (e) for each fragment of a representative sample of fragments, determining, for each contaminant material, a contaminant material concentration estimate for that fragment; (f) operating a data processor to either approve or reject the plurality of fragments, based on an aggregate carbon emission calculation being based on the contaminant material concentration estimate and the carbon factor. When the plurality of fragments is approved, they may be provided to a downstream recycling process. When the plurality of fragments is rejected, they may be further shot blasted.

A garbage disposal support apparatus capable of reducing the load on a person disposing of garbage is achieved. A garbage disposal support apparatus includes: a position obtaining unit configured to obtain position information about a person having an object; an object image obtaining unit configured to obtain image information about the object that the person has; a garbage determination unit configured to check the image information about the object that the person has against garbage image information stored in a database, and determine whether the object is garbage or not; a route generation unit configured to generate route information to a disposal place of the garbage, based on the position information about the person and on disposal place information stored in the database, if the object is garbage; and a transmitter unit configured to transmit the route information to a display apparatus.

Methods, systems, and computer program products for environmental impact aware product refurbishing are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes obtaining information for products comprising images of the products and location-specific demand data; determining product embeddings of the products based on the images, wherein each of the product embeddings encodes attributes of the corresponding product; creating one or more refurbished designs of each given one of the products based on the initial image of the given product and one or more design constraints; calculating an environmental impact score and a demand impact score associated with each of the created refurbished designs, wherein the demand impact score is based on the location-specific demand data; generating a recommendation to refurbish at least one of the products in accordance with at least one of the refurbished designs based on the environmental impact scores and the demand impact scores.

The use of reusable containers is coupled to merchant loyalty programs. Use of a reusable container by a customer in a transaction with a merchant earns benefits in the merchant's loyalty program to incentivize use of the reusable container. Each reusable container incorporates unique identity information. The unique identity information is associated with a customer. Used reusable containers can be exchanged for reprocessed or new reusable containers, and customer associations updated when containers are exchanged. Merchants associated with different corporate entities can participate together where reusable containers can be exchanged between different corporate entities.

A system and method for processing a battery passport that include receiving battery related data associated with a battery. The system will therefore store battery related data associated with many batteries and also be able to capture aggregated data across all of these. The system and method also include determining a level of sustainability associated with the battery. The system and method further include processing the battery passport to include the battery related data and the level of sustainability associated with the battery and indeed the level of sustainability with all batteries that have a battery passport.

A sensor-driven system for managing the logistics behind reusable objects is disclosed herein. The system offers a fully integrated and informed experience from the time a product is ordered by a sender to when the package is returned by a recipient. Senders use this technology to track their fleet, capture valuable data, enable predictive analytics, and better protect delivered packages. Recipients utilize this system to reduce package frustration while minimizing waste and environmental impact.

A sensor-driven system for managing the logistics behind reusable objects is disclosed herein. The system offers a fully integrated and informed experience from the time a product is ordered by a sender to when the package is returned by a recipient. Senders use this technology to track their fleet, capture valuable data, enable predictive analytics, and better protect delivered packages. Recipients utilize this system to reduce package frustration while minimizing waste and environmental impact.

A method executed by an electronic device includes receiving measurements from one or more one sensor systems, wherein each of the sensor systems measures characteristic variables of a respective space located proximate to the sensor system and is removably attached to a bin that defines the respective space. The method includes determining, for each of the respective spaces, whether a measured characteristic variable of the respective space satisfies one or more conditions for generating a maintenance request. For each of the respective spaces, the method includes: in response to determining a condition, from among the one or more conditions for generating a maintenance request, is satisfied by a measured characteristic variable of the respective space, generating the maintenance request in association with an identifier of the sensor system. For each of the respective spaces, the method includes: transmitting a message to a mobile device, the message including the maintenance request.