ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,094, issued on Sept. 29.
"Waste collection system and method for recycling" was invented by Curtis B. Bacon (Englewood, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods which provide a simplified, easy-to-use, and economical recycling system for collecting, sorting, transporting, and unloading multiple types of recyclables using bins adapted to fit inside a roll-off dumpster. The bins include lift sites which may be fork channels, fork stirrups, lift rings, or other means of lifting the bins in and out of the dumpster and/or dumping the bins. The lift sites are accessible over the top rail of the roll-off. The roll-offs and/...