An in-field configurable hood and guard plate assembly for waste receptacle. The waste receptable is provided with a lid having a cutout opening through which waste can be deposited into the waste receptacle. A plurality of mounting holes are provided in the lid and arranged in a standard bolt pattern around a periphery of the cutout opening. One or more customizable attachments including in-field installable hoods and guard plates of varying configurations are attached to the lid to meet the user's requirements for both precipitation protection and modifiable openings for waste discrimination. The attachments have mounting holes positioned and designed to correspond to the standard bolt pattern on the waste receptacle lid, which enables the receptacle owner to reconfigure the hood and guard plate assembly in a variety of ways in-field using pre-fabricated parts that do not require modification of the waste receptacle lid itself, allowing the user using standard handheld tools and fasteners to add or remove a rain hood; change the opening in the lid or hood, or add or omit, features without purchasing a new lid, or waste receptacle, saving both time and cost.

A receptacle assembly configured to accommodate a bag includes a ring or a lid, and a bin or a crown including at least one wall defining an interior space, a mouth in communication with the interior space, and a rim proximate to the mouth. The rim includes at least one lip and at least one structure. At least a portion of the structure is at an elevation below the at least one lip. When the receptacle assembly is assembled, a rim-space is defined between the at least one wall and a peripheral portion of the receptacle assembly, and the structure extends into the rim-space. The peripheral portion of the receptacle assembly includes a peripheral portion of the ring or the lid. The rim-space is configured to accommodate an edge and a border of the bag.

A latch is usable to latch and automatically unlatch a lid of a waste container. The latch includes a release weight that moves responsive to gravity in a housing from a first position to a second position to cause the latch to disengage from a release receptacle when the latch and the waste container are oriented in a dump angle orientation. The latch includes a rotary damper in the housing that controls movement of the release weight in the housing such that an amount of time for the release weight to move responsive to gravity from the first position to the second position is slower than the amount of time the release weight would move responsive to gravity from the first position to the second position in the housing absent the effect of the rotary damper on the release weight.

A waste receptacle for collecting waste with a carrier that allows for easy transport. The receptacle uses a closing system to manage odor, and an actuator system to open and close the closing system. The closing system has a clamping mechanism housed inside a body that can clamp a bag placed inside the body with the opening of the bag disposed about the clamping mechanism. The receptacle may also have a lid in which actuation of the actuator system causes the clamping mechanism to open and close simultaneously with the lid. The actuation system may utilize pedals that can be replaced with a hand actuator.

An insect trap that is attached or molded onto a garbage receptacle and that relies on the garbage inside the garbage receptacle to attract or lure insects into a trap compartment designed to effectively entrap said insects permanently. Once the trap compartment is ready to be discarded, a release mechanism driven by an actuator is used to press the trap compartment against a release plate until the trap compartment is released or dislodged into the garbage receptacle. Thus, the user of the insect trap does not have to physically touch the trap compartment that is full of trapped insects. Instead, through the use of the actuator, the trap compartment is released directly into the garbage compartment.

In an approach to a docking station for a robotic cleaner, the docking station includes a base; a trash bin having a substantially air-impermeable trash bag removably disposed thereon; a dock dirty air inlet defined in the base, the dock dirty air inlet being configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner; and a dock suction motor, wherein the dock suction motor is activated after the robotic cleaner is determined to be docked with the docking station and configured to urge debris from the robotic cleaner into the trash bin.

A trash collection assembly may include a dumpster housing which may house therein a dumpster to provide a more desirable aesthetic appeal. A garbage truck may be configured to lift the dumpster out of the dumpster housing without the need for the garbage truck driver to get out of the truck. A cover of the dumpster may open and close automatically respectively during the removal of the dumpster from the housing and return of the dumpster to the housing.

A waste collection system includes a base defining a plurality of bays. A pair of tine openings are defined in the base. A plurality of container bodies are each receivable in one of the plurality of bays, such that the plurality of container bodies would be emptied when the base is inverted.

A trash collection assembly may include a dumpster housing which may house therein a dumpster to provide a more desirable aesthetic appeal. A garbage truck may be configured to lift the dumpster out of the dumpster housing without the need for the garbage truck driver to get out of the truck. A cover of the dumpster may open and close automatically respectively during the removal of the dumpster from the housing and return of the dumpster to the housing.

A trash collection assembly may include a dumpster housing which may house therein a dumpster to provide a more desirable aesthetic appeal. A garbage truck may be configured to lift the dumpster out of the dumpster housing without the need for the garbage truck driver to get out of the truck. A cover of the dumpster may open and close automatically respectively during the removal of the dumpster from the housing and return of the dumpster to the housing.