Systems, methods and devices are provided for transporting, tracking and managing waste or recyclable materials, which may include one or more devices for transporting waste or recyclable material. The device may comprise a base; and a collapsible sleeve movable between an open state and a collapsed state, wherein the collapsible sleeve in the open state interfaces in a nesting manner with the base to form a bin for receiving and transporting waste material.

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 system includes a label reader for reading a label that was associated with a batch of material at an originating site, a device for measuring a parameter indicative of the weight of the batch of material, and a communications facility for communicating the weight of the batch of material and the label information to a system for tracking the batch of waste material.

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.

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 system includes an imaging device for capturing an image of a batch of waste or recyclable material or a bin for the material, wherein the imaging device is located at or on the originating site, a transport device for the material, or a material handling site that is remote from the 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, and information technology systems for collecting, processing, and analyzing information about a large number and variety of streams of waste material. A forklift system may include a forklift, an RFID reader with an antenna positioned on or in proximity to the forklift, wherein the antenna is positioned to read RFID information from an RFID tag positioned on an item handled by the forklift. The system may also include a device for measuring a parameter indicative of the weight of the item handled by the forklift, and a processing facility with a server for associating the information read by the RFID reader and the parameter indicative of the weight of the item.

Example aspects of a lawn refuse bag and method for using a lawn refuse bag are disclosed. The lawn refuse bag can comprise a bag body defining a top end and an interior cavity configured to receive lawn refuse, the top end defining a top opening, the top end configurable in an open orientation and a closed orientation; a first handle assembly coupled to the bag body at the top end; and a second handle assembly coupled to the bag body at the top end, wherein, in the closed orientation, the first handle assembly is configured to engage the second handle assembly, and in the open orientation, the first handle assembly is configured to disengage the second handle assembly.

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.

A device for collecting debris comprises a frame having elongated members coupled to define therebetween left and right sides, an upper side, and a lower side. The left and right sides are opposite each other and the upper and lower sides extend between the left and right sides. The device includes a net coupled to the frame and covering the left side, the right side, the upper side, and the lower side. The net and the frame in combination define an enclosure between the left side, the right side, the upper side, and the lower side with an opening that provides access to the enclosure between ends of the left and right sides.

A refuse receptacle 10 comprising a plurality of wall panels 11, 12 joined to each other about a plurality of hinged joint arrangements 13. The refuse receptacle 10 comprises a first configuration being a generally planar storage configuration, and a second configuration, wherein the wall panels 11 are positionable relative to each other to form a receptacle having a refuse accepting space 14 defined by said plurality of wall panels 11. Advantageously, the refuse receptacle 10 can be quickly deployed for use from the first configuration to the second configuration, and returned to the first configuration for storage when use is complete.

A lawn refuse bag insert includes a rear wall disposed at a rear end of the lawn refuse bag insert; a first side wall hingedly coupled to the rear wall at a first side of the lawn refuse bag insert; and a second side wall hingedly coupled to the rear wall at a second side of the lawn refuse bag insert opposite the first side wherein a top edge of the lawn refuse bag insert is disposed at a top end of the lawn refuse bag insert, and wherein the top edge is substantially U-shaped.