A container suitable for receiving, storing and disposing of food scraps and waste comprises a bowl with matching lid. The lid, embodiments of which are planar, has two tabs that may be bent perpendicularly to engage corresponding slots in the bowl. The bowl has an annular expansion to receive and further retain the circumference of the lid. Embodiments fashion the tabs so that, when the lid is in place with the tabs protruding through the slots in the bowl, the tabs may be further bent upright around the rim of the bowl, further to secure the lid and retain material within the container.

The lawn bag generally comprises a bag bottom, bag sides, and left-side and right-side flaps, each foldingly connected to one of the bag sides. The left-side and right-side flaps are each moveable from stowed positions to extended positions. The flaps in the stowed position may be positioned flat against the respective sides to which they are attached. The left-side flap and the right-side flap, when in the extended position, extends to the left and right of the bag, respectively, and are generally coplanar with a bag front side.

The present invention is a waste bag with integrated sanitizing wipe. The waste bag with integrated sanitizing wipe provides a sanitary means of cleaning up pet waste, allowing the user to clean and disinfect their hands after cleaning up pet waste. The waste bag with integrated sanitizing wipe contains at least one waste bag and at least one sanitizing wipe. Each of the at least one waste bag contains a bag body, a bag opening, a waste cavity, a closed end. The bag opening and the closed end are terminally positioned opposite to each other along the bag body. The waste cavity is positioned within the bag body. The waste cavity is delineated by the bag opening. Each sanitizing wipe is removably attached adjacent to one of the at least one waste bag.

The present disclosure describes a device for transporting waste or recyclable material. An example device may include a base and a collapsible sleeve, wherein the collapsible sleeve is movable between an open state and a collapsed state. The collapsible sleeve is structured to interface, in the open state, with the base to form a bin for receiving and transporting waste or recyclable material. The example device may further include an RFID as part of the base or the collapsible sleeve.

A device for transporting waste or recyclable material is disclosed. The device can include a base with at least one temporary attachment mechanism to secure a collapsible sleeve in an open state to the base. The device may further include a collapsible sleeve movable between an open state and a collapsed state, the collapsible sleeve including at least one opening for interfacing with the at least one temporary attachment mechanism to secure the collapsible sleeve in an open state to the base, thus forming a bin for receiving and transporting waste or recyclable material.

A method for transporting goods on a pallet, where the pallet may be reversibly converted to a bin for the collection of waste and/or recyclable material. The pallet may include a base with side walls and a collapsible sleeve wherein, if the collapsible sleeve is open and joined to the base, the collapsible sleeve, with the base, forms a bin. Goods are transported on the pallet. After unloading the pallets and removing the goods, the pallet may be converted to a bin. Waste or recyclable material may be placed in the bin and transported away. After removing the material in the bin and cleaning the bin, the bin may be collapsed back into a pallet for the transportation of goods.

A system for containing and disposing solid waste includes a container and a structure for supporting the container. The container has an opening attachable to the structure. The structure includes vacuum ports, a heating element, and may have an air-tight sealing device or material. The container is attached to the structure, waste is placed inside of it, the container is sealed, vacuum removes gas from the container, and the container is then sealed a second time using heat.

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.

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 cover for use with sacks for covering the mouth of a sack after it has been filled, to prevent its contents from spilling. One application is for recyclable yard waste sacks that are used to carry yard waste such as leaves, or used for carrying food scraps from restaurants. The sacks being made of paper so that they can be composted, require a cover that is made of paper that can be recycled as well. Some embodiments of the cover utilized a paper with a plurality of holes or die-cut slits that stretch into a hexagonal three dimensional shape when pulled, and contracts when released. The unusual elasticity afforded to ordinary paper by the slit holes patterns is used to create a sack cover that can stretch to close a sack without tearing. The elasticity is utilized to create sufficient griping force on the mouth of the sack to resist dislodgement of the cover when the sack tips over. A few embodiments of the cover utilize a hybrid design in which both ordinary and slitted paper are used. Other embodiments of the cover are made of ordinary paper with a drawstring.