Systems, methods and devices are provided for tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices enabled to capture and record information about waste material at a point in a distribution chain, as well as information technology systems for collecting, processing, analyzing and otherwise managing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material. A system includes a label reader for reading a label that was associated with a batch of material at an originating site, a device for measuring a parameter indicative of the weight of the batch of material, and a communications facility for communicating the weight of the batch of material and the label information to a system for tracking the batch of waste material.

Systems, methods and devices are provided for tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices enabled to capture and record information about waste material at a point in a distribution chain, as well as information technology systems for collecting, processing, analyzing and otherwise managing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material.

Systems, methods and devices are provided for tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices enabled to capture and record information about waste material at a point in a distribution chain, as well as information technology systems for collecting, processing, analyzing and otherwise managing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material. A system includes an imaging device for capturing an image of a batch of waste or recyclable material or a bin for the material, wherein the imaging device is located at or on the originating site, a transport device for the material, or a material handling site that is remote from the originating site.

Systems, methods, and devices are provided for tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices enabled to capture and record information about waste material at a point in a distribution chain, and information technology systems for collecting, processing, and analyzing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material. A forklift system may include a forklift, an RFID reader with an antenna positioned on or in proximity to the forklift, wherein the antenna is positioned to read RFID information from an RFID tag positioned on an item handled by the forklift. The system may also include a device for measuring a parameter indicative of the weight of the item handled by the forklift, and a processing facility with a server for associating the information read by the RFID reader and the parameter indicative of the weight of the item.

Various approaches for attaching tracking devices to pallets allow pallets to be remotely tracked through any phase of a transportation lifecycle. In a first approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device may be disposed within a cavity of a block of a pallet. In a second approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device may be disposed within a strut that interfaces between two beams of a pallet. In a third approach, one or more electronic components of a tracking device may be disposed within a cavity of a beam.

A pallet assembly includes a pallet and an interlock panel. The pallet includes a deck and a plurality of feet extending downward from the deck. The interlock panel is receivable on the deck and has a plurality of concave surfaces formed thereon, each configured to receive a horizontally-oriented keg thereon.

Exemplary embodiments of a multi-layer composite pulp product comprise one or more pulp layers, and one or more reinforcement layers disposed therebetween. Each of these layers preferably include a respective pattern of opposingly-defined cavities and protrusions, wherein the mutual disposition of the layers results in their patterns axially aligning with one another. The reinforcement layers may be comprised of a recycled plastic, a metallic mesh or a metallic sheet. One example process for manufacturing a multi-layer composite pulp product may comprise fabricating a reinforcement layer, forming a soggy first pulp layer, placing a reinforcement layer on the soggy first pulp layer, forming a soggy second pulp layer, and positioning the soggy second pulp layer on the reinforcement layer. A precursor wet composite may thereby be formed, and may be dried at a selected heating temperature and under a selected pressure.