A foot-operated flip-top trash can includes a receiving assembly comprising a can body having a receiving cavity and an exposure opening formed at a top end of the can body and communicated with the receiving cavity; a covering-closing mechanism comprising a covering-closing assembly and at least one connector; and a trigger mechanism comprising a pedal and at least one top-pusher, wherein the pedal is rotatably mounted on a low end of the can body, one end of the pedal is rotatably connected with the top-pusher, one end of the top-pusher away from the pedal is clamped to the clamping channel, and the top-pusher is driven by the pedal to move upward in case where the pedal is stepped on to be rotated.

In general, this disclosure relates to an apparatus that reduces spoilage and the associated odors using two methods. First, air is circulated into, throughout, and out of the storage device, removing moisture and reducing the rate at which the organic matter spoils. Second, an ozone generator converts oxygen into ozone, which chemically reacts with the organic waste and odor producing chemicals within the device, reducing the discernible odor.

Embodiments disclosed herein provide an organic matter processing apparatus and method for the use thereof to convert organic matter into a ground and desiccated product. The organic matter processing apparatus includes a lid assembly that is positioned at the top or head of the processing apparatus and an air treatment system. The lid assembly is operative to open to allow a user to deposit organic matter into the processing apparatus or to remove a removable bucket contained therein. The lid assembly is operative to close and provide an odor containing seal that prevents or substantially mitigates escape of odor. The air treatment system uniformly distributes untreated air through an air treatment chamber to convert the untreated air to treated air, which is exhausted out of the processing apparatus.

A surface cleaner and floor standing unit. The surface cleaner comprising an air treatment chamber and a dirt collection region, the air treatment chamber comprising a closure flap associated with an air treatment chamber air inlet. The dirt collection region collects dirt during a cleaning mode of operation of the surface cleaner. The floor standing unit comprises a dirt collection region which, in a surface cleaner emptying mode of operation when the surface cleaning apparatus is docked with the floor standing unit, receives dirt that has been collected by the surface cleaner. The surface cleaner having an openable door which, in the surface cleaner emptying mode of operation, is open whereby the dirt collected in the dirt collection region of the surface cleaner is transferrable to the dirt collection region of the floor standing unit, wherein an electromechanical actuator is drivingly connected to the closure flap.

A sterilization and deodorization waste container having dual-wave band ultraviolet lamp tube includes an isolation chamber provided on an inner side of a container lid and a dual-wave band ultraviolet lamp tube installed in the isolation chamber. The dual-wave band ultraviolet lamp tube is capable of simultaneously generating a direct ultraviolet light wave and an ozone ultraviolet light wave. The isolation chamber includes a reflector housing having a light transmitting window facing an inner cavity of a container body. The dual-wave band ultraviolet lamp tube is controlled by a control circuit to turn on to generate the ultraviolets into an inner cavity of the container body while the container lid is closed and to turn off to stop generating the ultraviolet while the container lid is opened.

A method of sterilizing a waste container with ultraviolet (UV) light is disclosed which includes, inserting an article of waste into the waste container, sealing the container from an external environment to prevent UV light from shining out, activating a UV sanitizing routine stored in a UV light module having at least one UV light source and irradiating an interior surface of the diaper pail with the UV light.