Disclosed herein are devices for storing and transporting bags containing pet waste, and for storing and dispensing individual waste bags for use, An embodiment of the waste bag carrier includes a main compartment for storing filled bags of pet waste. The main compartment can be removably sealed by a lid, which when closed, contains the odor from the pet waste. The lid includes a compartment with a bag dispenser and a port for removing individual unused bags. The carrier is made of an odor resistant, crushable, and easy to clean material. Other embodiments include a reversibly collapsible main compartment for ease of transport and storage. In such embodiments, the main compartment can be fully collapsed for storage or fully or partially extended to contain waste bags.

A wearable litter receptacle comprises a container defining an interior volume and having a litter-receiving opening that opens into the interior volume, shoulder straps coupled to the container whereby the receptacle can be worn as a backpack, and a lid, wherein the lid is hinged to the container adjacent the shoulder straps so that the lid can pivot between an open position in which the opening of the container is exposed, and a closed position in which the lid covers the opening. At least one pull is coupled to the lid and adapted to move the lid from the closed position to the open position by pulling upon the pull. When the container is worn by a user with the lid in the open position, the lid forms a shield to protect the back of the user's head.

A trash receptacle comprising an independent frame assembly, wherein the independent frame assembly has at least two parallel bars, wherein the bars are structurally configured to receive and dispense bags; and a clip mechanism located at the free non-affixed end of each bar, wherein each clip mechanism is configured to receive a bag so that the bag is pinched by the clip mechanism and the clip functions to prevent the bag from sliding off the bars or from collapsing inward. The trash receptacle is configured to be enclosed by placing the receptacle within at least one environment comprising at least one cabinet. The trash receptacle further comprising additional space to carry supplies in a cart configuration. The trash receptacle wherein the additional space comprises one of a cabinet, one or more drawers, one or more shelves, or one or more compartments. A trash receptacle on a cart.

A waste bag holder pivotably coupled to an outdoor cooking station. The waste bag holder is a rod structure with multiple bends along its length to define a u-shaped portion and first and second engaging portions. The u-shaped portion is configured to support a waste bag. The first and second engaging portions are sized and configured to couple to coupling structure to facilitate the waste bag holder to be pivotably moveable between a use position and a stowed position.

A lawn refuse disposal assembly includes a lawn refuse bag comprising a bag body defining a top end; and a bag insert comprising a bag stand and a rake detachably coupled to the bag stand, the bag stand inserted into an interior cavity of the lawn refuse bag through the top end, the rake configured to shift lawn refuse into the lawn refuse bag.

A lawn refuse bag includes a lawn bag body defining a top end and an interior cavity, the top end defining a top lawn bag opening, the lawn refuse bag configured to receive lawn refuse in the interior cavity through the top lawn bag opening in an open orientation of the lawn refuse bag; a first lawn bag handle assembly coupled to the lawn bag body at the top end; and a second lawn bag handle assembly coupled to the lawn bag body at the top end; wherein the lawn bag body defines a height and a width, and wherein the lawn bag body defines a height-to-width ratio in the open orientation of about 1.6.

The present disclosure describes a computer-implemented method for determining and reporting compliance with rules regarding discarded material from an originating site. The method may include obtaining, for each batch of a plurality of batches of discarded material, identification information of a respective originating site, capturing image data for each batch and associating the identification and image data. The identification and image data may be sent to a server having rules regarding the discarded material. The server may then determine data regarding compliance and generate a report including data regarding compliance with the rules regarding the discarded material for each originating site.

A vomit receptacle that includes a nausea relief substance that may be released on demand to relieve the nausea of a user who also must be prepared to contain a vomiting event. The receptacle may be a flexible bag, and the relief substance may be contained in a sealed packet in the bag, or in a kit with the bag. The substance may be an aromatic essential oil such as peppermint oil.

A trash bin assembly includes a collapsible cover assembly and a collapsible base assembly that removably cooperate with one another and are constructed to pivotably cooperate with one another when deployed. One or more bag supports are disposed in the bin assembly and maintain an open configuration of a bag disposed therein. A pivot assembly removably secures the cover assembly to the base assembly and is constructed to facilitate rotation of the cover assembly relative to the base assembly during service operations and to define a range of rotation of the cover assembly relative to the base assembly.

Systems and methods for determining shrinkage of a commodity sold by a store are provided which may include: identifying data indicative of a volume of the commodity, associating a label with a container that holds the commodity, collecting the label information with a reader and transmitting collected label information to at least one server, automatically determining data characterizing the material in the container, associating the label information and the data characterizing the material in the container, and determining performance data related to the commodity by comparing the data indicative of the volume of the commodity supplied to the store, the data indicative of the volume of the commodity sold by the store, and the data characterizing the material in the container.