ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,319, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to RecycleSmart Solutions Inc. (Richmond, Canada).
"Waste management device" was invented by Carl Michael Anderson (Richmond, Canada) and Colin Edward Bell (Richmond, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a waste management device including a housing attached to a waste bin. A plurality of sensors are configured to sense contents of the waste bin. The plurality of sensors are encased by the housing. A processor is electrically coupled to the plurality of sensors. The processor is configured to collect sensory information related to the contents of the waste bin from the plurality of sen...