Abstract: Expandable, elastic material is connected in a circle with two or more straps of the same material attached in such a manner as to create several sectors to hold any type of disposable or non-disposable trash bags. The design is such that it could fit most existing trash containers. A hard plastic center holding cap would secure the bags.

Abstract: A trash organizer for recycling of items makes trash sorting easy and encourages and reminds people to be environmentally concerned. The organizer includes a main frame container or housing having a plurality of individual containers carried in the main container with the individual containers being adapted to receive a particular category of refuse including glass, plastic, metal cans or paper. A paper storage drawer has a pivoted bottom portion so that when the drawer is pulled out a predetermined distance, the pivoted bottom portion serves as a delivery chute to aid in unloading the stored paper. Paper is introduced through a slot in the outer wall of the drawer.

Abstract: An apparatus for dividing a trash receptacle into sections for the source separation of waste items and recyclable materials. The apparatus is designed to be attached to the top opening of a trash receptacle, and facilitates the use of liner bags placed within the sections to produce compartments for separating and storing the various types of trash and recyclables. The apparatus is adjustable to fit the top of variuos sizes of trash containers and is further adjustable in size, shape and the number of compartments it divides into without inhibiting the use of the container lid. The apparatus can be configured to divide the container into thirds, halves or one half and two quarters to facilitate the separation of recyclables.

Abstract: This invention enables the storage of several recyclable materials in a single container by providing a method of dividing ribs and an attachment method that attaches plastic bags to the ribs by the interaction between holes in a fastened flexible strip and projecting knobs located on the dividing ribs. The invention works to hold the bags best when a keyhole, or round, or oval hole is used and the strip is slightly stretched to fit over each projecting knob so that when the strip elastically rebounds after stretching it applies a force to the bag material that surrounds the projecting knob.

Abstract: An add-on compartment for a trash receptacle includes a open topped material receiving compartment having spaced apart front and back panels protruding transversely outwardly from one side of the compartment for receiving a trash receptacle between them. The panels extend outwardly sufficiently to overlie the walls of the trash receptacles so that the combination compartment and receptacle give the appearance of a unitary structure. A trash bag retaining lip is formed on the upper edge of the compartment and a depending skirt may be provided to cover at least the front wall and outer most side wall of the compartment to provide a smooth continuous appearance with the front panel and a trash receptacle to be received between the panels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a waste management system with interlocking portions to connect various refuse containers. The refuse containers are designated for holding different types of garbage, glass, paper, metal, etc.

Abstract: A specialized piggy-back container and second holder-container attached to each other. The second holder-container with holder-container ear-handles attached to the upper rim and shaped to receive one or more plastic trash bags with bag handles which are looped over the holder-container ear-handles. The first container is provided with a piggy-back second usually smaller holder-container which is attached to the side of the first container for temporary storage of recyclable material. The second attached holder-container is specially formed handle-ear extensions of the upper holder-container wall for temporarily receiving plastic trash bag handle loops spread over the holder-container handle-ear extensions. This device is additionally provided with a tight or frictional fitting lid so that most of the plastic bag is contained with all of the recyclable material therein is concealed from view and all that is visible is the pleasant appearance of the exterior of the secondary holder-container.

Abstract: An apparatus and system for storing and collecting separated solid waste. The apparatus is a chambered container which includes a container body defining a first chamber for receiving a first waste, and a lid covering an open end of the body. The lid includes a base portion for defining a second chamber for receiving a second waste and a cover for covering the base portion. The system further includes a collection vehicle divided into two compartments, a robot arm for hoisting the chambered container up and over the vehicle, and a pair of guide rails for engaging the lid of the container for causing the contents of the first chamber to fall into one compartment of the vehicle and for causing the contents of the second chamber to fall into the other compartment of the vehicle.

Abstract: An improved trash organizer for expeditious separation of paper, aluminum, glass, plastic or other separable trash items that provides for a small, compact primary trash container with separate compartments that includes reusable net bags and a drainage system for removal of excess residual liquids, and having a removable collecting pan for excess liquid. A secondary separable trash container may be included for outdoor use.

Abstract: A trash organizer for recycling of items makes trash sorting easy and encourages and reminds people to be environmentally concerned. The organizer includes a main frame container or housing having a plurality of individual containers carried in the main container with the individual containers being adapted to receive a particular category of refuse including glass, plastic, metal cans or paper. The container for receiving metal cans includes a cover having a hole therein of a predetermined size for receiving, for example, beverage cans and includes a self-stacking arrangement to maximize given space and a sliding rear door and clips for making emptying the cans easy. A section is provided for receiving general trash includes a set of plastuic bag retaining frames which slides into the unit. A bottle drawer is provided which allows easy access at low elevation and includes rubber stops and pads to prevent breakage of glass. The housing or frame is mounted on casters for easy mobility.

Abstract: A refuse container mounts an auxiliary refuse container to a side wall of the refuse container, wherein the auxiliary container is defined by an internal cavity to complementarily receive a plurality of used pizza boxes of parallelepiped construction. Modifications of the invention include the auxiliary container formed of an expandable construction.

Abstract: Apparatus for receiving separated materials for selective collection of the materials includes a container divided into a plurality of bins, each bin for receiving one type of separated material, and lids for closing each of the bins. A lifting channel assembly is attached to the container, and a pickup arm assembly is provided for engaging said lifting channel preparatory to picking up said container.

Abstract: A receptacle for facilitating separating of recyclable trash includes a container body, flat panels for forming a plurality of adjustable-size separate compartments in the container body, and an upper lid hingedly mounted on the container body. A bag retaining arrangement is mounted on a top rim or an interior ledge spaced below the top rim of the container body. A can crusher module is removably mounted to opposing portions of the interior surface of an upper portion of the container body so as to overlie one of the separate compartments in the container body.

Abstract: An improved trash bag is provided for use in conjunction with trash containers, with the trash bag having formed therein a plurality of compartments, each compartment having an upper portion, a side wall portion, and a skirt portion. Members for closing each compartment are provided. Additionally, cooperative handle members may be disposed on opposite sides of the skirt portion. Modified embodiments of the invention are disclosed wherein the trash bag has its compartments arranged in more than one row, or in configurations adaptable to containers other than of a square or roughly rectangular configuration.

Abstract: A receptacle is provided that has a multiplicity of projections that may be positioned at any of many locations along the upper end of the receptacle. Plastic bags for receiving trash are held by the projections. In view of the fact that the projections are movable to any desired location, one large bag or several small plastic bags can be selectively held by the projections in the receptacle. By selecting the locations of the projections the receptacle may be arranged to have one or more bags of different sizes that will fit the needs of the user of the receptacle. The projections may be placed in their desired positions in either of two ways. One way is to have a series of cavities around the top of the receptacle. The projections can be selectively placed in the various cavities to hold the desired number and sizes of bags. Another way is to have a continuous groove around the top of the receptacle to allow the projections to be positioned in any desired arrangement.

Abstract: A container apparatus includes a container housing divided into a multiplicity of chambers by intersecting webs, with the lid including spaced parallel ribs for securement to an upper distal end of each of the webs, wherein the lid includes flap members arranged hingedly relative to the lid for selective access to each of said chambers. A compacting apparatus is arranged in association with the container apparatus to effect compacting of discrete components within individual chambers of the container structure.

Abstract: A container for holding cans (C) or the like includes a base container portion (11) and a cover (12). The base container (11) includes a bottom surface (13) with side walls (14, 15) and a rear wall (16) extending upwardly therefrom forming rims (20, 21) defining an open top for the base container (11). A front wall (17) also extends upwardly from the bottom surface (13) and includes a U-shaped door frame (18) formed at the top thereof. The bottom surface (13) is undulated to form peaks (29) with a valley (30) therebetween configured so as to neatly receive the cans (C). The cover (12) includes a top surface (33) having a downturned rim (34) resting on the rims (20, 21). A living hinge (36) connects top surface (33) to a door (37) which is received within door frame (18). Cans (C) passed laterally through door (37) are automatically stacked on the undulated bottom surface (13) of the base container (11).

Abstract: A refuse receptacle has a main compartment which can be subdivided into smaller sub-compartments by the addition of adjustable panels. Different solid refuse materials can be separately stored in the subcompartments. Grooves and clips are provided to secure removable, flexible liners within the sub-compartments.

Abstract: The Assembly has a base formed of a strip or sheet of plastic material which has a plurality of holes formed therein. Holes in ends of the sheet are aligned to receive fasteners to fix the sheet into a simple band. Other plastic sheets are turned into cylinders, which are set into the base, for the receipt therein of recyclable materials. The cylinders or sleeves are also formed of multi-holed sheets of plastic material. Again, sheet end holes are used, with fasteners, to fix the sleeves into their cylindrical form. Further ones of the holes are used to fix adjacent sleeves together, in the base, and some are used to fix the sleeves to the base. The Assembly can be provided as a rolled-up kit of the requisite holed sheets and a supply of fasteners.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a recyclable garbage separator having an outer container and a plurality of modular inner containers adapted to be locatable within the outside container. The outside container may have pivotable cover portions having openings therein substantially corresponding to the size of the openings in the upper surface of the inner containers. The structure may be formed of recycled material and the outer container may have large openings formed in the walls thereof to reduce the weight of the container and the amount of material necessary to make the container.

Abstract: A lightweight, compact, compartmented trash receptacle assembly for receiving and holding in different compartments different types of refuse, such as glass, metal, paper, and the like for subsequent disposal, comprises a holder and a plurality of individual trash containers supported on the holder. The holder has a tray-like bottom with an upstanding peripheral flange, and an upstanding support post. A carrying handle is on the upper end of the support post for lifting and carrying the assembly, and spacers are on the tray-like bottom of the holder for engaging the bottom ends of the containers to hold them between the spacers and the peripheral flange. In one form of the invention, hook-like projections on the upper ends of the containers engage in openings at the upper end of the support post, and in another form of the invention, a support post is provided at each of two opposite sides of the holder.

Abstract: A trash container (10) includes a base container portion (11) and a cover (12). The base container portion (11) includes a front wall (15), a rear wall (16) and two side walls (13, 14) all extending upwardly from a bottom surface (17) to an upper rim (19) defining an open top (18). The side wall (13) is provided with outboard ribs (24, 25) having inboard beads (26, 27) thereon. The other side wall (14) is provided with inboard ribs (30, 31) having outboard beads (32, 33) thereon. The beads (26, 27) engage the beads (32, 33) of a like container (10A) to attach the container (10) to the like container (10A).The cover (12) has a peripheral rim made up of a front U-shaped ledge (40) and a rear U-shaped ledge (43). A generally horizontal opening (49) is formed within the rear U-shaped ledge (43) and a trash receiving ramp (50) is positioned below the opening (49). A hood (53) extends upwardly from the front U-shaped ledge (40) and defines a second opening (52) which extends partially above the opening (49).

Abstract: A recycling container is provided with an outer container formed with a flase bottom for supporting four inner containers for respectively receiving three different recyclables and the regular garbage of a family's refuse. The inner containers, which are of different sizes, have shapes complementary to the outer container and each other to make for a compact arrangement. Below the false bottom, the outer container houses a drawer of dimensions adequate to hold the family's newspapers received between pickup collections. Of course, the recycling container is sized so as to hold the different elements of the family's refuse between collections. The largest of the inner containers may be essentially a semi-cylinder to contain the regular garbage. A cover having two portions pivotally interconnected by a life hinge, may be placed on the outer container so that one portion overlies the inner container that is a semi-cylinder and the other portion overlies the other three inner containers.

Abstract: An insert is provided for partitioning a container and for retaining two or more bags within the container. The insert includes a stable, expanding base, a telescoping, vertical support member connected to the base, at least one telescoping, horizontal arm connected to an upper portion of the support member, and at least one telescoping, horizontal leg connected to a lower portion of the support member.

Abstract: A sort an cycle bin is provided for waste materials which consists of a receptacle having a front wall, a rear wall, a bottom wall and a pair of side walls with a plurality of horizontally oriented and vertically spaced apart compartments. Indicia is associated with the compartments, for visually indicating the type of waste material to be placed in each compartment. A removable container is to be placed into each compartment for receiving one type of waste material that will be placed therein. A mechanism is for suspending each of the removable containers within each of the compartments. Each of the different waste materials can be placed into each of the removable containers and then be removed to facilitate its transportation to a recycling facility. A lid is hinged to a top edge of the rear wall of the receptacle, so that when the lid is placed in a closed position it will cover the compartments.

Abstract: To divide a substantially rigid trash receptacle into a plurality of compartments defined by a plurality of disposable trash can liners, a peripheral support member rests on top of and interiorly abuts the rim of the receptacle. A plurality of dividing members extend radially between the center of the support member and one of a plurality of connecting points spaced along the support member. A plurality of fastener arms are nestlable in corresponding dividing members so that portions of the mouths of two adjacent liners can be sandwiched between each pair of arms and dividing members. Preferably, one end of each of the arms is hinged for rotation of the arm into its respective dividing member. A releasable lock may also be provided for securing each arm within its respective dividing member. A portion of the mouths of each of the liners can also be sandwiched between the peripheral member and the rim.

Abstract: A disposal container comprising a generally rectangular body portion defining a receptacle with an open top bounded by a rim, and a lid member which is slidably and engagingly mounted over the top of the rim of the container body. The lid member is secured to the container body using a tamper evidencing locking strips. The lid member has a convex raised top surface with a centrally located upwardly projecting cylindrical neck region defining a generally circular aperture. The aperture is selectively sealed by a plastic plug having a concave, recessed interior. The lid member has an pivotably mounted carrying handle, and the entire disposal container may be seated within a mounting bracket which is attached to a wall or vehicle.

Abstract: A truck, trailer or other vehicle and a method of collecting recyclable materials are disclosed in which such materials are kept segregated in a container, box or otherwise near a home or an apartment, then the materials not originally placed in a container are so placed and then the container is lifted and moved to a position at which it is inverted and emptied of its materials, while still segregated, into respective compartments on the vehicle. The vehicle has a bed, a pair of outer side walls, and inner walls for defining a plurality of compartments extending longitudinally of the vehicle. Each compartment is adapted for receiving a specific recyclable material. Each compartment has a ram for forcing the materials out of the compartment through an access opening. The container is provided with front access openings to permit recyclable materials to be put into respective compartments of the container.

Abstract: A box for used plastic glasses includes a container (2,23), on the upper part of which there is a diaphragm (3,20), the surface (4) of which presents a plurality of holes (5,21). To each hole corresponds a guide (8,25) for guiding the glasses, which guide is constituted by one or more vertical elements, the guide projecting toward the inner part of the container (2,23). These guides (8,25) cause the piling up one into the other of a plurality of glasses (11) which are inserted into the holes (5,21) of the diaphragm by force of gravity.

Abstract: A supplemental waste recycling container for mounting to either the inside or outside of a larger waste container is provided. The supplemental container includes an out-turned rim extending around the circumference of its upper edge. The container also includes two parallel horizontally-extending mounting members extending outwardly from the upper edge of the supplemental container. The out-turned rim is profiled to mount to either the inside or outside of the larger waste container. The horizontally-extending mounting members include depending lateral flanges for mounting along sides of the large waste container when the supplemental container is either mounted to the inside or the outside of the larger container.

Abstract: A refuse collection unit for household use comprising a container body defining a first storage area adapted to receive at least a conventional plastic refuse bag therein and a second storage area adapted to receive at least two removable rigid liners in a side-by-side disposition therein. The removable liners are each used to store a particular type of recyclable refuse material therein, and the conventional plastic refuse bag for storage of nonrecyclable refuse. The liners include a bottom wall, three liner walls and an upwardly stepped fourth wall. Hand-gripping elements are provided on each of said liners. The first storage area rises higher than the second storage area for easy recognition of the areas. In addition, a pair of hinged cover members are provided, one for the first storage area and the other for the second storage area. A third liner may be placed in the first storage area to occupy substantially one-half of said first storage area.

Abstract: A caddy for recyclable paper constructed from an irregular blank of corrugated plastic sheet material such as double-faced polyethylene, with a metal hanger allowing the caddy to be mounted on the rim of a conventional wastebasket. The carton includes an open top, a higher rear wall, lower front wall, and angled side walls. The ends of the hanger are received between a rear panel and rear foldover panel which are hingedly connected and folded into parallel abutting contact to form the rear wall, the central portion of the hanger extending upwardly through a slit formed between those panels. Fastening tabs extending from the rear panel are inserted through slots defined between one side wall panel and a side flap, and a reinforcing tab extending from the rear foldover panel prevents the top fastening tab from flexing.

Abstract: A multi-compartmental recycling container has symmetrical front and back walls, joined to partition walls for purposes of creating compartments for the storage of recyclable materials prior to collection by authorized agencies, which partition walls have flexible joining member reciprocating with corresponding nodules on the interior face of the front and back walls of the container.

Abstract: A refuse device for receiving and separately holding heavy articles and light refuse articles. The device includes a first and second open-topped refuse receptacle and a pivoting flap overlying the receptacles. The flap is pivotable between a first position in which it is inclined down to a first one of the receptacles, and a second position in which it is inclined down to the second receptacle. A biasing device is provided to urge the flap to its second position whereby a light article passes across the flap into the second receptacle, and a heavy article causes tilting of the flap member to its first position and then is able to pass across the flap member into the first receptacle.

Abstract: The invention is a receptacle for separately holding and dispensing waste articles of different materials, such as aluminum, glass, plastic, paper, and the like. The receptacle includes a number of bins, each for containing articles constructed of a specified material. The bins are separately removable from the receptacle, for deposit of the contained articles at a recycling repository or station.

Abstract: A container for stationing at curbside has a plurality of bins, each having a hinged lid. A pair of pickup arms is provided, for use with an automated truck-mounted pickup and dump system, for engaging the container and holding the lids closed preparatory to picking up and selective dumping of separated recyclable material in each of the bins.

Abstract: A refuse container wherein removable partitions permit adjustment of compartments therewithin, wherein each of the partitions permit securement of trash bags of a typical polymeric configuration and construction to position within each compartment. Hook members are mounted to a plurality of side walls of the container and extend exteriorly above an upper edge of the container walls to cooperate with selective apertures directed through a lid. In this manner, the lid is pivotal about one of a plurality of pairs of such hook members when remaining hook members are removed. A modification of the invention includes reservoirs and back securement members positionable over upper edges of the container to secure selective bags within the container, wherein the securement members include reservoirs to permit adding of various insecticides and fumigants within the containers during use.

Abstract: A waste collection and disposal system utilizing a multi-compartment container and a collection vehicle with compartments corresponding to those of the container so as to keep the different waste materials separated throughout the collection process. The container has a locked cover over each compartment that is automatically unlocked when the container is placed in the inlet chute of the collector vehicle and descends to the bottom of the chute. To assure alignment of the compartments of the container with the proper compartments in the collector vehicle, the locking mechanisms holding the lids over the compartments of the container are arranged in an asymmetrical pattern that corresponds to the relative location of grooves in a tapered inlet chute leading to the compartments in the collector vehicle.

Abstract: A modular waste disposal receptacle system particularly suited for recyclable waste materials comprising a primary wastebasket and a plurality of smaller secondary receptacles, the primary wastebasket and secondary receptacles having substantially similar or identical overall shapes and constructions but different and interrelated overall sizes or dimensions. One or more of the secondary receptacles may be nested within the primary wastebasket with the longer or major axis of the secondary receptacle being oriented perpendicular to the major axis of the primary wastebasket and the top rim of the secondary receptacle extending outwardly above and contacting the top rim of the primary wastebasket to elevate and support the secondary receptacle above the bottom wall of the primary wastebasket.

Abstract: Apparatus for storing recyclable waste which includes a plurality of waste containers, a rack, and a means to separately mount each of the waste containers on the rack in a manner which provides the user with easy access to each mounted container. Each container can be separately and easily removed from the rack to be placed in a separate location.

Abstract: A cover of generally rectangular shape having a deformation reinforced central section comprises thermoforming top and bottom sheets of thermoplastic to form a specially configured arrangement of strengthening ribs which extend in longitudinal and oblique directions and of a post and receptacle centrally of the sheets, and pressing the sheets together to form a closed interior. The longitudinal ribs on the bottom sheet intersect and are welded to the oblique ribs or the top sheet respective and the post is welded into the receptacle to reinforce the center of the cover. The sheet edges are welded together to reinforce the cover shape and form a reinforced hinge support.

Abstract: A receptacle having a rim, at its upper end, provided with a plurality of projections that extend upward from the rim's surface. There are dividers extending across the upper end of the receptacle to divide it into compartments. The projections are spaced around the surface of the rim for the purpose of supporting a number of flexible bags, with one bag in each compartment.

Abstract: A truck for separately storing and discharging recyclable materials has a container housing with at least one door in its rear wall. Partitioning members divide the interior space of the container housing into at least two pairs of transversely disposed compartments, one pair being disposed rearwardly of the other pair, and the rearward pair being spaced from said rear wall of the housing to define a fifth compartment. The partitioning members have gates therein, and a multiplicity of openings are provided in one side wall of the container housing for feeding different types of materials into the several compartments in which they may be separately stored and from which they may be separately discharged.

Abstract: A multiple partitioned sorting pail is proved and consists of a base member having an open top, a plurality of compartments therein and transverse slots therebetween to properly retain plastic bags that are inserted within the compartments to hold recyclable and non-recyclable garbage.

Abstract: A refuse container and dolly assembly in which the refuse container and dolly includes a square or rectangular transverse sectional configuration. An alignment flange is provided in the top surface of the dolly, adapted to engage a registration flange in the underside of the container, whereby, upon rotary connection between the dolly and an underside of the waste container, the side walls of the dolly and the waste container are brought into co-planar alignment.

Abstract: A receptacle for facilitating separating of recyclable trash includes a container body, flat panels for forming a plurality of adjustable-size separate compartments in the container body, and a single-stage single-level lid hingedly mounted on the container body. Alternatively, the receptacle can have a two-stage bi-level lid and bag retainer assembly which includes a lower annular bag retainer member and an upper cover member. The lower bag retainer member is hinged and releasably matable to the container body for holding and securing an open top edge of trash bags on the container body. The upper cover member is hinged to the lower annular bag retainer member for opening and closing and can have slidable doors to permit access to the separate compartments in the container body and the trash bags held therein.

Abstract: A container recycling apparatus including a cylindrical container formed with an "L" shaped circumferential flange at an upper terminal end thereof receives a single or plurality of cylindrical segments therewithin. Each cylindrical segment defined by a predetermined axial height equal to that of the cylindrical container to permit individuals to modify various compartments within the container. Each insert includes a sleeve positioned at a varying axial position about an axis of each insert for mounting about a central shaft coaxially mounted within a rigid manner within the cylindrical container. Each insert includes a lock flange receiving the "L" shaped flange of the container for enhanced securement of each insert within the container.

Abstract: The container comprises two or more tube-like storage modules that are stacked on top of one another and interconnected by a plate-like lid which is removably interposed in the joint between the modules and has male/female joint-forming attachment grooves on the upper and lower sides thereof, which mate with in-turned out-turned flanges on the lower and upper rims of the modules, respectively, to form a joint in which the modules are releasably interlocked against relative movement in the lateral directions thereof. The modules have open-ended bins therewithin, and additional openings in the sides thereof through which a pair of panels are removably insertable to form false bottoms for the bins, or in the alternative, to open the bottoms of the bins for the unloading operation, when the panels are removed from the bins.

Abstract: A waste separation container for selectively separating and storing waste material includes a plurality of thin-walled flexible bags supported by a closure or frame engaging an upper part of the container. In embodiments that include a central partition in the container, the partition can have notches that are useful in mounting bags with handles. The container can have protrusions in the form of bollards or cleats that are also useful in mounting bags with handles.

Abstract: A plurality of receptacles, each having a bottom, and each having a sidewall that terminates at a rim. Each receptacle also has a side that has a projection, and at least one side that defines an indent. The indented sidewall of one receptacle will receive the projection on the other receptacle, interconnecting them. Each receptacle handle projects into a slot in another receptacle when the receptacles are interconnected with each other. Tops or lids with the same configuration as the receptacle, cover the top area.