A waste collection container has vertical walls extending up from a horizontal base and a raised floor supported on a ledge above the base to define a primary collection chamber above the raised floor and a liquid collection reservoir between the base and the raised floor. The top surface of the raised floor is sloped downwardly from the outer periphery to a central elongate grate to direct rain water and other liquid in the primary collection chamber to the grate and into the lower liquid collection chamber. When the waste collection container is inverted to dump the collected waste into a truck, water and other liquid remains trapped in the lower reservoir, thereby reducing the load weight of the truck. One or more drain holes near the base of the container allow the liquid to be drained out of the liquid collection reservoir.

A trash container with a shade closure includes a trash can base including an internal cavity and track grooves located internally along sides of an opening of the cavity and the shade closure including a flexible material and a pin connected to an end of the material, with ends of the pin projecting from sides of the shade and with the ends being configured to fit within the track grooves. The container further includes a shade spool portion located along a back edge of the opening and attached to the shade closure comprising a rotational spring configured to rotate the shade closure around the shade spool portion into a spooled configuration and a latch device located along a front edge of the opening and configured to releasably lock the shade into a planar configuration when the pin of the shade closure is pulled out away from the shade spool portion.

A self-contained and portable/mobile waste liquid collection and storage unit is disclosed. An example embodiment includes: a waste liquid reservoir within the unit, the reservoir being defined by a void within the unit and interior wall surfaces of the unit; and an integrated sink with a drain, the sink being molded into a top surface of the unit and fabricated using a same type of material as the top surface of the unit, the drain including a coupling to transfer waste liquid from the sink to the waste liquid reservoir.

The present invention creates a unique method to recover ice from waste beverages. This invention could be especially useful for restaurants. Water reclaimed by the invention could be used to maintain lush vegetation thereby differentiating the restaurant from its competitors in the desert climate. The inventor estimates that about 60 gallons of water per day will be recovered from a typical fast food restaurant with this invention.

A waste compaction system includes a trolley for collecting waste and a docking station that is integratable into a cabin monument of a vehicle. The trolley includes a housing with chambers for waste, an opening for introducing waste, a vacuum compaction mechanism assigned to a chamber, and a suction port accessible from outside the housing and couplable to the compaction mechanism. The compaction mechanism includes a compaction sheath extending from a bottom of the housing to a frame arranged opposite the bottom, and is fillable through the opening, and a rigid plate is arranged on or in at least one lateral surface of the compaction sheath and moves together with the compaction sheath during the evacuation thereof. The docking station and the trolley mate with each other. The docking station includes another suction port that is couplable to a suction line in the vehicle and the first suction port.

A container comprises a plurality of outer side walls connected to form a tubular structure. One or more inner walls are near respective ones of the plurality of outer walls, defining a respective space between each inner wall and its respective adjacent outer wall. A lid is provided for covering a top opening of the tubular structure. A removable base is provided at or near a bottom opening of the tubular structure.

Disclosed is a system for separating liquid and solid waste. The system provides a plurality of ways of moving liquids from initial disposal to a reservoir. The system may comprise an insert and a shell, or may include a funnel, insert and shell. The funnel allows for direct collection of liquids. The insert allows for indirect collection of liquids.

A waste sorting system uses various sensors to automatically determine a type of a piece of waste, and dispense the waste into an appropriate waste bin, such as a recyclable waste bin, or a landfill waste bin. If the system determines that the piece of waste is of a type that is recyclable, it will first determine whether the waste satisfies a recyclability threshold before it deposits the waste into a recyclable waste bin. If the waste does not satisfy the recyclability threshold, the system will direct the piece of waste to a non-recyclable waste bin even if it is of a type that would otherwise be recyclable if it had met the recyclability threshold.

In an aspect, there is disclosed an example of apparatus (10) for cleaning a wheelbarrow (12) with a fluid. The apparatus (10) includes a receptacle (16), a filter (18) fittable to the receptacle (16) in a fitted condition and a support arrangement (19) adapted to hold the wheelbarrow (12) in a tipped orientation relative to the receptacle (16) such that matter within a tray of the wheelbarrow is moveable at least partially via gravity into the receptible (16). Various examples of the apparatus, a system, a kit and associated methods of use are also disclosed.

A refuse bin assembly includes a refuse bin including a base, walls extending upward from the base, an interior compartment defined by the base and the walls, a mouth at an upper portion of the walls that is in communication with the interior compartment, and a lid hingedly coupled to a rear sidewall of the sidewalls. The refuse bin assembly also includes an organic waste receptacle in the interior of the refuse bin.