Patent ID: 6131371
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: B29C,B65B,B65F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for collecting and disposing of wastes, in which the waste (1) is collected separately, on the basis of material recycling criteria, in plastic-film receptacles (3a, 3b, 3c) which can be distinguished from one another by corresponding markings (2a, 2b, 2c), and the plastic-film receptacles (3a, 3b, 3c) are taken to a central collection point for final storage or further use and there sorted according to their markings (2a, 2b, 2c), wherein said method comprises the steps of:a) packaging the waste in portions at the place where it is produced, by:producing, from a tubular film, a plastic-film receptacle (3a, 3b, 3c) for each portion of the waste in such a way that each plastic-film receptacle (3a, 3b 3c) has a variable size that depends upon the variable size of a respective one of said portions,filling each plastic-film receptacle (3a, 3b, 3c) with said respective one of said portions, andheat-sealing and vacuum-packing the plastic-film receptacles (3a, 3b, 3c) after filling; andb) temporarily storing, in an unsorted manner the heat-sealed and vacuum-packed plastic-film receptacles (3a, 3b, 3c) containing the various kinds of waste, in at least one common collection vessel (5) before taking such heat-sealed and vacuum-packed plastic-film receptacles (3a, 3b, 3c), also unsorted, to the central collection point.