A bag bracket. The bag bracket is a horizontal, planar, support assembly. The bag bracket supports a refuse bag assembly. The refuse bag assembly supports a collection bag. The collection bag comprises a front, a back, a bottom and two sides with top edges having loops.

A swinging door garbage can apparatus for easy garbage bag removal includes a base comprising a vertical base wall. A can body has a can door is coupled to the can body. The can door has a hinge coupled to the can sidewall. The can door swiningly moves from a closed position extending and an alternate open position exposing a can inside. A shelf is coupled to a door inner face of the can door. A panel track is coupled to the door inner face. A locking panel is coupled to the door inner face and slidably engages within the panel track. The locking panel has a plurality of locking pins. The plurality of locking pins is selectively engageable with a plurality of pin receptacles coupled to the can body to secure the can door in the closed position.

A recycling method includes the steps of compacting recyclable material into a fixed bale, and weighing the recyclable material, using load cells, independently of the compacting forces. Compacting equipment for performing the method includes balers with load cells and anchors, with the load cells weighing the baler and the recyclable material in the baler, and with the anchors anchoring the baler in place without interfering with the weighing.

A container for the collection of urban waste, constituted by an aluminium supporting structure which houses and protects a cardboard container, comprising: a supporting structure comprised of an external enveloping skeleton which is U-shaped when viewed from the side, with a removable upper hoop which closes the upper part of the envelope; a removable lid which folds with regard to the hoop which closes the skeleton assembly; a pedal located at the lower part and which operates the folding lid; and a tray which collects the leachates coming from a cardboard container, and which is a removable tray located upon the base; and a container, formed by folding a sheet of cardboard, resting upon the tray of the structure, and where the upper part of the container is held closed by the upper hoop of the structure.

A system for sanitizing and deodorizing garbage chutes using methane sensors in the trash chute that includes an ozone generating unit at the bottom of the trash chute. The system can include an ozone sensor as a safety device to ensure that ozone levels do not surpass a predetermined amount. The present invention works with a controller that controls the ozone generator based on a schedule program for a predetermined time of day. The present invention in an embodiment can include a plurality of additional sensors such as airflow detectors, occupancy detectors and the like.

A system for sanitizing and deodorizing garbage chutes using methane sensors in the trash chute that includes an ozone generating unit at the bottom of the trash chute. The system can include an ozone sensor as a safety device to ensure that ozone levels do not surpass a predetermined amount. The present invention works with a controller that controls the ozone generator based on a schedule program for a predetermined time of day. The present invention in an embodiment can include a plurality of additional sensors such as airflow detectors, occupancy detectors and the like.

A garbage collection system comprises a housing positioned under a belt of a point of sale register counter; first and second bins positioned in the housing under the point of sale register counter, the first bin for receiving garbage and/or recyclables, the second bin for receiving hangers; and at least one sliding rail extending perpendicular from a height of the housing, the first and second bins coupled to the at least one sliding rail, at least one of the first and second bins retracting or protruding from at least a portion of the housing in a first position and positioned entirely in the housing in a second position.

The present invention provides a trashcan or wastebasket that has lights and sounds simulating a fire that are activated when trash is thrown inside or on the verge of being thrown inside. One particular activation method consists of sensors housed at the top of the trashcan that detect when trash is thrown in. Once the trash is detected, the walls of the trashcan light up and flicker with an orange color like a fire and crackling fire sounds play. The lights and sounds play for a short interval and then stop until trash is detected again.

The present invention provides a trashcan or wastebasket that has lights and sounds simulating a fire that are activated when trash is thrown inside or on the verge of being thrown inside. One particular activation method consists of sensors housed at the top of the trashcan that detect when trash is thrown in. Once the trash is detected, the walls of the trashcan light up and flicker with an orange color like a fire and crackling fire sounds play. The lights and sounds play for a short interval and then stop until trash is detected again.

Method for sorting waste, in which method the waste or recycleable material intended for sorting is brought in waste bags to a sorting apparatus, which includes a conveyor, from which the waste bags belonging to different waste components are separated from each other by guiding them into the containers according to the waste components or to further processing. In the method a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag is identified with a sensor system, which includes a number of sensors monitoring different properties, which sensors essentially simultaneously read and/or identify a waste bag, an identifier arranged in connection with it and/or the content of the waste bag when the waste bag is transferred on the conveyor via the reading area of the sensors, and in which method on the basis of information coming from the sensors the waste bags are sorted into different waste components using one or more handling devices of the sorting apparatus. The invention also relates to an apparatus and to a system.