Waste collection system and method thereof

• US 20030069745A1
• Filed: 09/17/2002
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Zenko, Hideaki
• Application Number:
  US10/245,478
• Publication Number:
  US 20030069745A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: B09B 5/00 Operations not covered by a single other subclass or by a single other group in this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: B65F 1/0033 specially adapted for segregated refuse collecting, e.g. receptacles with several compartments; Combination of receptacles B65F1/0093 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/30 Administration of product recycling or disposal
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/10 Waste collection, transportation, transfer or storage, e.g. segregated refuse collecting, electric or hybrid propulsion
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 30/82 Recycling of waste of electrical or electronic equipment [WEEE]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02W 90/00 Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation

Abstract

The invention of the present application provides a system for efficiently collecting general consumer oriented products such as used electric/electrical products, OA appliances etc.

Related sectors for manufacturing and selling products and collecting and processing wastes thereof and a local government share information about the wastes with each other via a network, and an efficient waste collection/conveyance method is determined based on the information about the waste that is transmitted by a disposal person. Further, the related sectors for manufacturing and selling products and collecting and processing wastes thereof and the local government share the information about the wastes with each other via the network, thereby configuring the system capable of confirming a waste processing state, wherein the waste processing is grasped and monitored.

Claims

1. A waste collection system for collecting a waste, comprising:

a terminal of a waste collection center for managing at least information about a waste to be collected;

a terminal of a collection and delivery center for managing a conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of said conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of a designated collection place for receiving the waste; and

a terminal of a recycling processing facility for processing the waste, said terminals sharing a waste management database with each other via a network, said waste management database containing the information about the waste,

said terminal of said waste collection center, including;

recognition means for recognizing that a disposal person who disposes of the waste transmits the waste information by use of communication means; and

storage collation means for storing the waste information in said waste management database and/or collating the waste information with said waste management database,

wherein said collection and delivery center for collecting the waste, said conveyance vehicle and said designated collection place or said recycling processing facility to which said conveyance vehicle carries the waste, are selected within said waste management database.

2. A waste collection system according to claim 1, wherein a schedule date for collecting the waste is transmitted to said disposal person from what is selected from one of at least said waste management database and said terminals of said waste collection center, said collection, said delivery center and said conveyance vehicle.

3. A waste collection system according to claim 1, wherein said waste is one of at least an electric product, an electrical appliance, an OA appliance product, a machine product, and a precision instrument product.

4. A waste collection system according to claim 1, wherein said disposal person information contains at least a management number, a name of said disposal person, an address of said disposal person, a telephone number of said disposal person, a date of receipt and a hope collection date.

5. A waste collection system according to claim 1, wherein said product information contains one of at least the management number, a name of product, a product number, a name of manufacturer, a manufacturing year/month/date, a manufacturing number, a weight of product and product dimensions.

6. A waste collection system according to claim 1, wherein said recycling processing information contains one of at-least of the name of product, the product number, the name of manufacturer, a waste processing method, post-processing parts information and post-processing materials information.

7. A waste collection system for collecting a waste, comprising:

a terminal of a waste collection center for managing at least information about a waste to be collected;

a terminal of a collection and delivery center for managing a conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of said conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of a designated collection place for receiving the waste; and

a terminal of a recycling processing facility for processing the waste, said terminals sharing a waste management database with each other via a network, said waste management database containing the information about the waste,

wherein said terminal of said waste collection center, includes storage collation means for storing waste information in said waste management database and/or collating the waste information with said waste management database in order to create a waste collection management table,

said terminal of said collection and delivery center or said conveyance vehicle, includes first input means for inputting first collection information of the waste to said waste collection management table when collecting said waste,

one terminal selected among said terminals of at least said conveyance vehicle, said designated collection place and said recycling processing facility, includes second input means for inputting second collection information of said waste to said waste collection management table when said conveyance vehicle carries said waste to said designated collection place or said recycling processing facility, and

said terminal of said recycling processing facility includes third input means for inputting recycling processing end information to said waste collection management table when finishing the recycling processing of said waste.

8. A waste collection system according to claim 7, wherein said waste is one of at least an electric product, an electrical appliance, an OA appliance product, a machine product, and a precision instrument product.

9. A waste collection system according to claim 7, wherein said first collection information contains one of at least the product information, the disposal person information, a collecting date when collecting said waste from said disposal person, and the conveyance vehicle information.

10. A waste collection system according to claim 7, wherein the recycling processing end information contains one of at least a recycling processing end date and recycling processing information.

11. A waste collection system according to claim 7, wherein the conveyance vehicle information contains one of at least specification of said conveyance vehicle, a drive of said conveyance vehicle, a vehicle number of said conveyance vehicle and an owner of said conveyance vehicle.

12. A waste collection system according to claim 7, wherein the recycling processing information contains one of at least the name of product, the product number, the name of manufacturer, the waste processing method, the post-processing parts information and the post-processing materials information.

13. A waste collection method in a system comprising:

a terminal of a waste collection center for managing at least information about a waste to be collected;

a terminal of a collection and delivery center for managing a conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of said conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of a designated collection place for receiving the waste; and

a terminal of a recycling processing facility for processing the waste, said terminals sharing a waste management database with each other via a network, said waste management database containing the information about the waste,

said terminal of said waste collection center, including;

a recognition step of recognizing that a disposal person who disposes of the waste transmits the waste information by use of communication means; and

a storage collation step of storing the waste information in said waste management database and/or collating the waste information with said waste management database,

wherein said collection and delivery center for collecting the waste, said conveyance vehicle and said designated collection place or said recycling processing facility to which said conveyance vehicle carries the waste, are selected within said waste management database.

14. A waste collection method in a system comprising:

a terminal of a waste collection center for managing at least information about a waste to be collected;

a terminal of a collection and delivery center for managing a conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of said conveyance vehicle for collecting the waste;

a terminal of a designated collection place for receiving the waste; and

a terminal of a recycling processing facility for processing the waste, said terminals sharing a waste management database with each other via a network, said waste management database containing the information about the waste,

wherein said terminal of said waste collection center, includes a storage collation step of storing waste information in said waste management database and/or collating the waste information with said waste management database in order to create a waste collection management table,

said terminal of said collection and delivery center or said conveyance vehicle, includes a first input step of inputting first collection information of the waste to said waste collection management table when collecting said waste,

one terminal selected among said terminals of at least said conveyance vehicle, said designated collection place and said recycling processing facility, includes a second input step of inputting second collection information of said waste to said waste collection management table when said conveyance vehicle carries said waste to said designated collection place or said recycling processing facility, and

said terminal of said recycling processing facility includes a third input step of inputting recycling processing end information to said waste collection management table when finishing the recycling processing of said waste.