Abstract: In a method of compacting waste (W), wherein waste is introduced into a generally box shaped elongated waste container (3) through at least one waste inlet (5) thereof and is collected in the waste container (3) at a waste collection station (4), the container is positioned with a generally rectangular bottom wall (3 A) thereof on an inclined surface (7) of the waste collection station, thereby tilting the container and its bottom wall, and releasably securing the container in the tilted position. A waste collection facility (13) of the waste collection station (4) is also provided.

Abstract: In a waste collection system where deposited waste is transported by partial vacuum in transport pipes (2) leading from spaced collection points to a central collection station (4) containing a system vacuum source (5) including at least one vacuum-producing machine (6), thermal energy is extracted from a vacuum-producing machine exhaust air stream (EAS), is transferred to a fluid medium and is used for heating or cooling purposes in a specific residential area where the deposited and transported waste is generated.

Abstract: An odor filter for exhauster hoods, which filter includes an adsorption filter bed regenerable by washing. The filter bed is made of a highly air-permeable substrate material and an adsorbent affixed thereto in the amount of 50 to 400 g/l by an adhesive mass and has a mean particle diameter between 0.2 and 2 mm.

Abstract: A seal-free and frame-free odor and/or pollutant filter, e.g., in air conditioners and motor vehicles, having a self-supporting and elastic adsorption filter bed installed under slight compression in air supply ducts. The filter bed is made of a highly air-permeable substrate material and an adsorbent affixed thereto by an adhesive mass.