Patent Publication Number: US-2023159265-A1

Title: Waste container, liner, and rail system

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The This application claims priority to Provisional Application No. 63/006,751 filed on Apr. 8, 2020 and entitled “WASTE CONTAINER, LINER, AND RAIL SYSTEM,” which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present disclosure relates generally to the field of waste containment and disposal and, more particularly, to an integrated waste container, waste liner, and/or rail system that facilitates the automatic deployment of liners and that is adaptable to fit in cabinetry. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Conventional waste container liners and trash bags generally consist of independent flexible plastic bags that are individually placed into a waste container by a user as needed. While the waste container liners and trash bags may generally contain waste and allow for removal of the filled liner from the container and while the interior of the container may remain reasonably clean, there are, however, several problems with current methods and devices for lining waste containers. 
     For example, conventional waste container liners are generally provided in separate boxes where a user must locate and retrieve the box, must remove each individual liner from the box on an as-needed basis, must take the separated and retrieved liner from the box and to the waste container, and must ready the liner by inserting the liner through the mouth of the container, cuffing the liner over the rim, repositioning the interior of the liner in the container so it is ready and able to receive waste, and the like. As a result, a significant amount of time and energy may be expended during the process of locating, applying, inserting, and securing the liner into the container. The process is inefficient and includes multiple steps that may be difficult or cumbersome. 
     Moreover, waste containers are often kept in a cabinet, holder, or hidden space. Waste containers may not be easily accessible or maneuverable. For waste containers that are kept in a cabinet, holder, or hidden space, an additional step of removing the waste container from the cabinet may be required in order to access the container to position the new liner. Additionally, where the conventional waste container is separate from the cabinet or holder, it may be difficult to find a waste container of the appropriate dimensions and size to correspond to the holder, the entire apparatus may be unnecessarily bulky and there may be less space for waste, the waste container may undesirably dislodge from the holder when, as an example, the liner containing waste is pulled, and, like separate liners, the separate waste containers may become misplaced during use or in the household, thus rendering the system unusable until found or replaced. 
     As a result, there is a need for an automatic and sequentially deployed waste container and liner system that may be integrated into a defined space or cabinetry. 
     SUMMARY 
     The following presents a summary of this disclosure to provide a basic understanding of some aspects. This summary is not intended to identify key or critical elements or define any limitations of embodiments or claims. Furthermore, this summary may provide a simplified overview of some aspects that may be described in greater detail in other portions of this disclosure. It is noted that although some aspects may be described in reference to a particular embodiment, the embodiments are adaptable and the aspects interchangeable so that various combinations of aspects are encompassed broadly by this disclosure. 
     Disclosed is a waste container, liner, and rail system. The system may include one or more waste containers or one or more basketless systems or liner receivers to direct, hold, and facilitate the sequential replacement of a waste liner. The system may comprise a pull out track system that is adaptable to cabinetry or another defined space for a waste container. The pull out track system may generally include front, rear, side, and/or base panels, as well as at least one internal panel. The at least one internal panel may define an interior space configured to receive waste liners and to dispense the waste liners automatically. 
     Disclosed is a bucketless waste container and liner system. In an embodiment, the system may comprise a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels. The two side panels may connect the front panel and the back panel. The front, rear, and side panels may form a housing. In an embodiment, the system may further comprise at least one middle panel. The at least one middle panel may be positioned within the housing and may define a first chamber configured to receive and hold a liner and a second chamber configured to receive a liner packet. In an embodiment, the middle panel may include a feed slot that is configured to allow the feeding of a liner into the first chamber from a liner packet in the second chamber. 
     In an embodiment, the system may not include a removable waste bucket. In an embodiment, the liner when positioned in the first chamber may be configured to receive waste. In an embodiment, at least one of the front, rear, or side panels may include at least one cut-out. Each of the two side panels may include a plurality of cut-outs. The at least one cut-out may be formed by computer numerical control with diamond tooling, electrical discharge or spark machining, laser, water-jet, sand blasting, sawing, or grinding. 
     In an embodiment, the liner packet may include a plurality of liners. The liners may be fed sequentially from the liner packet in the second chamber, through the feed slot, and into the first chamber when the used liner in the first chamber is removed. The liners may be fed and replaced automatically from the liner packet in the second chamber, through the feed slot, and into the first chamber when the used liner in the first chamber is removed. 
     In an embodiment, the system may further include a rail and pull out track system. The system may be configured to be put into a cabinet and the rail and pull out track system may facilitate the selective access to and closure of the system into the cabinet. 
     In an embodiment, a portion of the side panels that defines the first chamber may be a first height and a portions of the side panels that defines the second chamber may be a second height. The height may refer to the height from a side perspective, e.g. side walls, noting that the first chamber and second chamber may share a wall, e.g. the middle panel, and the middle panel may be the first height. In an embodiment, the second height of the side panels defining the second chamber may be smaller than the first height of the side panels defining the first chamber. 
     In an embodiment, the system may include a second middle panel. The second middle panel may define a third chamber. The third chamber may be configured to receive and hold a liner. The second middle panel may include a feed slot that is configured to allow the feeding of a liner from a second liner packet into the third chamber from the second liner packet in the second chamber. In an embodiment, a portion of the side panels that defines the first and third chamber may be a first height and a portion of the side panels that defines the second chamber may be a second height. In an embodiment, the second height may be smaller than the first height. 
     Disclosed is an integrated waste container and liner system. The system may comprise a first chamber configured to receive a liner and a second chamber configured to receive a liner packet. The first chamber and second chamber may be adjacent and separated by a middle panel. The middle panel may comprise a feed slot that is configured to allow the feeding of a liner into the first chamber from a liner packet in the second chamber. In an embodiment, the first chamber may be a first height and the second chamber may be a second height. The height may refer to the height from a side perspective, noting that the first chamber and second chamber may share a wall, e.g. the middle panel, and the middle panel may be the first height. In an embodiment, the second height may be smaller than the first height. 
     In an embodiment, the system may further include a third chamber configured to receive a liner. The second chamber and third chamber may be adjacent and separated by a second middle panel. The second middle panel may comprise feed slot that is configured to allow the feeding of the liner into the third chamber from a second liner packet in the second chamber. In an embodiment, the third chamber and first chamber may be a first height and the second chamber may be a second height. The height may refer to the height from a side perspective, noting that the first chamber and second chamber may share a wall, e.g. the middle panel, and the second chamber and third chamber may share a wall, e.g. the second middle panel, and the middle panel and second middle panel may be the first height. In an embodiment, the second height may be smaller than the first height. 
     In an embodiment, the system may not include a removable waste bucket. In an embodiment, the chambers may include a plurality of cut-outs. In an embodiment, the liners may be fed sequentially and automatically from the liner packet in the second chamber, through the feed slot, and into the first chamber when the used liner in the first chamber is removed. 
     The following description and the drawings disclose various illustrative aspects. Some improvements and novel aspects may be expressly identified, while others may be apparent from the description and drawings. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The present teachings may be better understood by reference to the following detailed description taken in connection with the following illustrations, wherein: 
         FIG.  1    shows an embodiment of a waste management system configured to receive and including two buckets in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  2 A-E  show components of an embodiment of a waste management system configured to receive two buckets in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  3    shows an embodiment of a waste management system configured to receive and including one bucket provided or assembled in a partial cabinet in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  4 A-E  show components of an embodiment of a waste management system configured to receive one bucket in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  5 A-C  show embodiments of a waste management system including two liner receivers or basketless systems in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  6 A-D  show components of an embodiment of a waste management system including two liner receivers or basketless systems in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  7    shows an embodiment of a waste management system including one liner receiver or basketless system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  8 A-E  show components of an embodiment of a waste management system including one liner receiver or basketless system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  9    shows an embodiment of a waste management system provided or assembled in a cabinet in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  10    shows a method of forming components of an embodiment of a waste management system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIGS.  11 A-B  show embodiments of liners that may be used in a waste management system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  12    shows an embodiment of liners selectively positioned in a component of a waste management system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; 
         FIG.  13    shows an embodiment of a locking wheel that may be selectively coupled to a waste management system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein; and 
         FIG.  14    shows an embodiment of a tilt that may be selectively coupled to a waste management system in accordance with various aspects as disclosed herein. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Reference will now be made in detail to exemplary embodiments of the present teachings, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural and functional changes may be made without departing from the respective scope of the present teachings. Moreover, features of the various embodiments may be combined or altered without departing from the scope of the present teachings. As such, the following description is presented by way of illustration only and should not limit in any way the various alternatives and modifications that may be made to the illustrated embodiments and that would still be within the spirit and scope of the present teachings. In this disclosure, numerous specific details provide a thorough understanding of the subject disclosure. It should be understood that aspects of this disclosure may be practiced with other embodiments not necessarily including all aspects described herein, etc. 
     As used herein, the words “example” and “exemplary” means an instance or illustration. The words “example” or “exemplary” do not indicate a key or preferred aspect or embodiment. The word “or” is intended to be inclusive rather than exclusive, unless context suggests otherwise. As an example, the phrase “A employs B or C,” includes any inclusive permutation (e.g., A employs B; A employs C; or A employs both B and C). As another matter, the articles “a” and “an” are generally intended to mean “one or more” unless context suggest otherwise. 
     Further, unless context suggest otherwise, descriptions of shapes (e.g., circular, rectangular, triangular, etc.) and the nature of the shapes (e.g., straight, curved, elevated, sloped, wavy, etc.) refer to shapes meeting the definition of such shapes and general representation of such shapes. For instance, a triangular shape or generally triangular shape may include a shape that has three sides and three vertices or a shape that generally represents a triangle, such as a shape having three major sides that may or may not have straight edges, triangular like shapes with rounded vertices, etc. A panel may have any number of sides, such as four, and may generally adopt the shape of a parallelogram, rectangle, square, or the like. A panel may have any number of cut-outs or may be solid. Although general measurements or indications of height, length, width, and thickness may be disclosed, it is noted that these aspects are broadly defined within this disclosure. 
     Disclosed is a waste management system. Disclosed is a waste container, liner, and rail system. The system may include one or more waste containers or one or more basketless (or bucketless) systems or liner receivers to direct, hold, and facilitate the sequential replacement of a waste liner. The system may comprise a pull out track system that is adaptable to cabinetry or another defined space for a waste container. The pull out track system may generally include front, rear, side, and/or base panels, as well as at least one internal panel. The at least one internal panel may define an interior space configured to receive waste liners and to dispense the waste liners automatically. 
     The waste management system may be configured to comprise, receive, or accommodate any number of buckets and/or liners as desired, including 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. buckets or liners. Each bucket receiver or liner receiver may be referred to as a chamber and may be defined by panels or portions of a panel (e.g. front panel, middle panel, and portions of each side panels or middle panel, rear panel, and different portions of each side panels). For examples, the various buckets or liners may be used to organize and categorized different types of waste including compostable materials, medical waste, recyclables like paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, items that are not compostable or recyclable, and the like. The waste management system may generally include a body having a front panel, rear panel, two side panels, and a bottom panel. The body may further include an internal panel to define spaces or chambers for receiving a bucket, open liner, or liner pack. The internal panel may comprise a slot to facilitate the transition of the liner from its pack to an opened position in the bucket or basketless system. It is noted that the term basketless system and liner receiver may be used interchangeably. It is also noted that each the bucket receivers, liner receivers, and liner packet receivers may also be referred to as chambers configured to receive these items. The body may be selectively coupled to a track or rail system, or otherwise inserted into a cabinet, to store and selectively access the waste management system. 
     It is noted that any system herein described as including waste buckets and liners may also be provided as a basketless system by integrating and replacing the “panels” of the waste buckets as panels of a basketless system, see  FIG.  1    for example compared to  FIG.  5 A . Alternatively, any system herein described as including waste buckets and liners may also be provided as a basketless system by attaching “buckets” to the panels or framing of a basketless system so that the buckets are not fully detached or floating when positioned in the system. For example, the “buckets” may be attached to the panels or framing of a basketless system by fasteners, friction fit, and the like. It is also noted that the reverse is herein contemplated and that any system herein described as a basketless system may be provided as a system configured to receive waste buckets. 
     Any system herein described may also be adapted to include any number of buckets, bucket receivers, and liner receivers or basketless systems (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, etc.), including a combination of the different types of waste holders (i.e. buckets, liners only, etc.). In an example, the system may include a removable bucket and a basketless system, a secured bucket and a basketless system, only removable buckets, only secured buckets, only basketless systems or integrated buckets, any combination of the foregoing, and the like. 
       FIG.  1    shows an example of a waste management system  200  configured to selectively receive two buckets  140 ,  150  and two liners  120 ,  130 , wherein said two buckets  140 ,  150  are positioned in the waste management system  200  and said two liners  120 ,  130  are positioned in the buckets  140 ,  150 . Although two buckets are described and shown, the system may be provided to receive or accommodate any number of buckets or liners including a mix of buckets and liners, including, without limitation, one, three, four, five, etc. The waste management system  200  may include a body  205  having a front panel  210 , shown in  FIG.  2 B , a rear panel  220 , shown in  FIG.  2 D , a bottom panel  230 , shown in  FIG.  2 E , and two side panels  240 ,  250  one of which is shown in  FIG.  2 A . In an embodiment, the two side panels  240 ,  250  may be parallel and may attach and connect to parallel front  210  and rear  220  panels in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, friction fit, welding, dove-joints, fasteners or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the bottom panel  230  may attach to and connect to all of the front  210 , rear  220 , and side panels  240 ,  250  in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, dove-joints, friction fit, welding, fasteners or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the exterior shape of the body  205  may be rectangular, but the present teachings are not limited to this shape, any appropriate shape may be used. For example, the shape may be generally square, oval or the like. The shape may also taper towards its base or towards its mouth, may include open edges or sides, recessed or protruding edges or sides, and the like. The shape may be irregular and may include contours. 
     The body  205  of the waste management system  200  may further comprise two middle panels  260 ,  270 , shown in  FIG.  2 C . In an embodiment, the waste management system  200  may also include one or no middle panels, or any number of middle panels corresponding to the desired number of compartments. The middle panels  260 ,  270  may insert into an interior space defined by the front  210 , rear  220 , and side  240 ,  250  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panels  260 ,  270  may be parallel to the front  210  and rear  220  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panels  260 ,  270  may attach (through any means, e.g., fastening, friction fit, welding, adhesives, etc.) to the side panels  240 ,  250 , and the bottom panel  230  or may be monolithically formed. The middle panels  260 ,  270  may separate the interior space of the body  205  into at least three areas: an area configured to receive the first bucket  140 , an area to receive the second bucket  150 , and an area to receive the liner packets  122  that feed into each of the buckets  140 ,  150 . An additional panel may also be incorporated to divide and separate each of the liner packets that corresponds and feeds into its respective bucket. The middle panels  260 ,  270  may include a slot or may allow for space above or below the middle panels  260 ,  270  when assembled to facilitate the feeding of a liner  120 ,  130  from the liner packets  122  and into the buckets  140 ,  150 . 
     The slot or liner passing port slot, when included in the actual middle panel(s) (and not above or below the middle panel) may generally look like slot  123  shown in  FIG.  2 C . Although not shown in other embodiments, the slot  123  may be provided in any of the embodiments and any of the middle panels, other panels, buckets, etc. disclosed herein. Although shown as generally rectangular, the slot may be circular, ovular, square, irregular, or any other shape as may be desired to accommodate the liners and facilitate the sequential and automatic feeding of the liners from the liner packet, through the slot of the middle panels, and into the liner receiver. Additionally, although shown as generally in the middle or towards the bottom of the middle panel and extending across the majority of the face of the middle panel, it is noted that other orientations are also contemplated. For example, the slot may be half the size or less of the middle panel, may be more vertically oriented instead of the horizontal orientation as shown, may be closer to the top of the middle panel or directly in the middle of the middle panel, etc. Overall, the slot must be able to facilitate the sequential and automatic feeding of the liners from the liner packet, through the slot of the middle panels, and into the liner receiver without breaking the perforations or connection between subsequent liners. 
     In an embodiment, middle panel(s)  260 ,  270  may form an area defined as the liner/bag dispenser or liner package housing chamber  122 . The housing chamber  122  and a liner passing port slot within each middle panel  260 ,  270  may facilitate the automatic feeding of sequential liners from liner package(s) positioned in the housing chamber  122 , through the liner passing port slot, and into the cavity or body of the buckets  140 ,  150 . Automatic is defined as the continued feeding and access of liners in a sequential sequence or individual form when, for example, the first liner in the sequence is pulled or removed through the bucket (e.g. when it is full with waste and a new liner is desired). The liner passing port slot may be located at the bottom of each middle panel  260 ,  270 . 
     Liner package(s) may have an indicator marked on its outer packaging to facilitate opening of the package, exposing and accessing the liners, and where to align or line up the liners with the liner passing port slot located in the housing chamber  122 . The first liner may be pulled out half way in order to feed it through the liner passing port slot, from the housing chamber  122  and into the body of the bucket  140 ,  150 . The liner may be pulled up and positioned in the body of the bucket  140 , 150 . The liner may be opened and fit or secured about the top rim or circumference of the bucket  140 ,  150 . 
     After the liner is filled, the liner may be cinch closed with a closure tab provided at the top edge of the liner(s), or if no tab is provided or desired, the liner may be folded over the top rim or circumference of the bucket. The liner may be pulled up and sequential liner that is thereby removably connected (e.g. by perforation) in sequence will rise up through the liner passing port slot. The liners may be detached and the process repeated. In some embodiments, the liners may be attached end-to-end such that as the first liner is pulled out to be used it is detached from the next sequential liner (e.g., the adjacent liners may have perforations to remove the first adjacent one from the second adjacent one.) It is noted that the buckets  140 ,  150  may further include a slot that aligns with the liner passing port slot or the slots of the any middle panels so that the liners can be fed from the liner package, through the middle panel or other panels if applicable, through the bucket or basketless system, including any panels that form the holder for the bucket or panels of the basketless system, and into the interior of the bucket or basketless system where it is opened and positioned to receive waste therein, while remaining attached to the sequential liners below. 
     The height and shape of the front  210 , rear  220 , and side panels  240 ,  250  may be adjusted as desired. For example, as shown in  FIGS.  1  and  2 A -E, in an embodiment the front panel  210  may have a height at, near, or just under the height of the buckets  140 ,  150 . The rear panel  220 , on the other hand, in an embodiment, may be lower, at a point at about a third of the height of the buckets  140 ,  150 . The side panels  240 ,  250 , then, may slope both to meet the height of the front panel  210  at the point of attachment between the two panels and to meet the height of the rear panel  220  at the point of attachment between the two panels. The middle panels  260 ,  270  may be about the same height or lower than the rear panel  220  or the side panels  240 ,  250  at the point of attachment between the side panels  240 ,  250  and the middle panels  260 ,  270 . The slope of the side panels  240 ,  250  may be any varying gradient, such as a consistent slope forming a diagonal equally across the side of the waste management system  200 , or the slope may be more sharp, as is shown the  FIGS.  1  and  2 A -E where the majority of the side panels  240 ,  250  are the height of the rear panel  220 . In this embodiment, the lower height of the side panels  240 ,  250  may allow for easy access to the liner packets  122 , as well as allow for the insertion and removal of the buckets  140 ,  150  from a lower height (e.g. only having to lift enough to overcome the lower height of the side panel rather than a high height of the cabinet). Additionally, the lower height may allow for the accommodation of variously shaped buckets including buckets that may taper or flare toward to the top or the mouth. 
     The waste management system  200  (or any of the waste management systems as described herein) may further comprise a rail or track  160 , see  FIG.  3    for example, and may be inserted into a cabinet for storage of the waste management system  200 , see  FIG.  9    for example. In an embodiment, the rail or track  160  may be similar or the same as a rail or track for a drawer. The rail or track  160  may be full extension as to allow selective full access to the waste management system  200  when opened. Further, the rail or track  160  may include a slow-close feature similar to what a cabinet may have. That is, one the user pushes the waste management system  200  to close; it will slowly close to prevent the waste management system  200  from slamming closed. 
       FIG.  3    shows an example of a waste management system  300  configured to selectively receive at least one bucket  140  and one liner  120  wherein said one bucket  140  is positioned in the waste management system  200  and said one liner  120  is positioned in the bucket  140 . Although one bucket is described and shown, the system may be provided to receive or accommodate any number of buckets or liners including a mix of buckets and liners. In the embodiment shown, the waste management system  300  may comprise a door that generally matches the door of the cabinets into which the waste management system  300  is installed. The door can be of any appropriate configuration and is not limited to what is shown. The waste management system  300  may include a body  305  having a front panel  310 , shown in  FIG.  4 B , a rear panel  320 , shown in  FIG.  4 D , a bottom panel  330 , shown in  FIG.  4 E , and two side panels  340 ,  350  one of which is shown in  FIG.  4 A . In an embodiment, the two side panels  340 ,  350  may be parallel and may attach and connect to parallel front  310  and rear  320  panels in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, dove-joints, fasteners, friction fit, welded or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the bottom panel  330  may attach to and connect to all of the front  310 , rear  320 , and side panels  340 ,  350  in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, dove-joints, fasteners, friction fit, welded or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the exterior shape of the body  305  may be rectangular. 
     The body  305  of the waste management system  300  may further comprise at least one middle panel  360 , shown in  FIG.  4 C . In an embodiment, the waste management system  300  may also include more (two, three or four) or no middle panels, or any number of middle panels corresponding to the desired number of compartments. The middle panel  360  may insert into an interior space defined by the front  310 , rear  320 , and side  340 ,  350  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panel  360  may be parallel to the front  310  and rear  320  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panel  360  may attach to the side panels  340 ,  350 , and the bottom panel  330 . The middle panel  360  may separate the interior space of the body  305  into at least two areas: an area configured to receive the bucket  140  and an area to receive the liner packets  122  that feed into the bucket  140 . The middle panel  360  may include a slot or may allow for space above or below the middle panel  36  when assembled to facilitate the feeding of a liner  120  from the liner packets  122  and into the bucket  140 . 
     In an embodiment, middle panel  360  may form an area defined as the liner/bag dispenser or liner package housing chamber  122 . The housing chamber  122  and a liner passing port slot within the middle panel  360  may facilitate the automatic feeding of sequential liners from liner package(s) positioned in the housing chamber  122 , through the liner passing port slot, and into the cavity or body of the bucket  140 . Automatic is defined as the continued feeding and access of liners in a sequential sequence or individual form. The liner passing port slot may be located at the bottom of the middle panel  360 . 
     Liner package(s) may have an indicator marked on its outer packaging to facilitate opening of the package, exposing and accessing the liners, and where to align or line up the liners with the liner passing port slot located in the housing chamber  122 . The first liner may be pulled out half way in order to feed it through the liner passing port slot, from the housing chamber  122  and into the body of the bucket  140 . The liner may be pulled up and positioned in the body of the bucket  140 . The liner may be opened and fit or secured about the top rim or circumference of the bucket  140 . 
     After the liner is filled, the liner may be cinch closed with a closure tab provided at the top edge of the liner(s), or if no tab is provided or desired, the liner may be folded over the top rim or circumference of the bucket. The liner may be pulled up and sequential liner that is thereby removably connected (e.g. by perforation) in sequence will rise up through the liner passing port slot. The liners may be detached and the process repeated. In some embodiments, the liners may be attached end-to-end such that as the first liner is pulled out to be used it is detached from the next sequential liner (e.g., the adjacent liners may have perforations to remove the first adjacent one from the second adjacent one.) It is noted that the bucket  140  may further include a slot that aligns with the liner passing port slot or the slots of any middle panels so that the liners can be fed from the liner package, through the middle panel or other panels if applicable, through the bucket or basketless system, including any panels that form the holder for the bucket or panels of the basketless system, and into the interior of the bucket or basketless system where it is opened and positioned to receive waste therein, while remaining attached to the sequential liners below. 
     The height and shape of the front  310 , rear  320 , and side panels  340 ,  350  may be adjusted as desired. For example, as shown in  FIGS.  3  and  4 A -E, in an embodiment the front panel  310  may have a height at, near, or just under the height of the buckets  140 ,  150 . The rear panel  320 , on the other hand, in an embodiment, may be lower, at a point at about a third of half of the height of the buckets  140 ,  150 . The side panels  340 ,  350 , then, may slope both to meet the height of the front panel  310  at the point of attachment between the two panels and to meet the height of the rear panel  320  at the point of attachment between the two panels. The middle panel  360  may be about the same height or lower than the rear panel  320  or the side panels  340 ,  350  at the point of attachment between the side panels  340 ,  350  and the middle panels  360 ,  370 . The slope of the side panels  340 ,  350  may be any varying gradient, such as a consistent slope forming a diagonal equally across the side of the waste management system  300 , or the slope may be more sharp, as is shown the  FIGS.  3  and  4 A -E where the majority of the side panels  340 ,  350  are the height of the rear panel  320 . In this embodiment, the lower height of the side panels  340 ,  350  may allow for easy access to the liner packets  122 , as well as allow for the insertion and removal of the bucket  140  from at a lower height (e.g. only having to lift enough to overcome the lower height of the side panel rather than a high height of the cabinet). Additionally, the lower height may allow for the accommodation of variously shaped buckets including buckets that may taper or flare toward to the top or the mouth. 
     The waste management system  300  (or any of the waste management systems as described herein) may further comprise a rail or track  160 , see  FIG.  3    for example, and may be inserted into a cabinet for storage of the waste management system  300 , see  FIG.  9    for example. In am embodiment, the rail or track  160  may be similar or the same as a rail or track for a drawer. The rail or track  160  may be full extension as to allow selective full access to the waste management system  300  when opened. 
       FIGS.  5 A-C  show an example of a waste management system  400  configured to selectively receive two liners  120 ,  130  in two basketless systems or liner receivers  480 ,  490 .  FIGS.  5 B-C  show the liners  120 ,  130  positioned in the basketless systems  480 ,  490 . Although two basketless systems or liner receivers are described and shown, the system may be provided to receive or accommodate any number of buckets or liners including a mix of buckets and liners (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, six or more). The waste management system  400  may include a body  405  having a front panel  410  and a rear panel  420 , shown in  FIG.  6 B , a bottom panel  430 , shown in  FIG.  6 D , and two side panels  440 ,  450  one of which is shown in  FIG.  6 A . In an embodiment, the two side panels  440 ,  450  may be parallel and may attach and connect to parallel front  410  and rear  420  panels in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, dove-joints, fasteners, friction fit, welded or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the bottom panel  430  may attach to and connect to all of the front  410 , rear  420 , and side panels  440 ,  450  in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, friction fit, welded, dove-joints, fasteners or the like or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the exterior shape of the body  405  may be rectangular. 
     The body  405  of the waste management system  400  may further comprise two middle panels  460 ,  470 , shown in  FIG.  6 C . In an embodiment, the waste management system  400  may also include one or no middle panels, or any number of middle panels (e.g., two, three, four, five or more) corresponding to the desired number of compartments. The middle panels  460 ,  470  may insert into an interior space defined by the front  410 , rear  420 , and side  440 ,  450  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panels  460 ,  470  may be generally parallel (i.e., within 1 to 10 degrees of parallel) to the front  410  and rear  420  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panels  460 ,  470  may attach to the side panels  440 ,  450 , and the bottom panel  430  in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, friction fit, welded dove-joints, fasteners or the like or may be monolithically formed. The middle panels  460 ,  470  may separate the interior space of the body  405  into at least three areas: a first basketless system  480  configured to receive the first liner  120 , a second basketless system  490  configured to receive the second liner  130 , and an area to receive the liner packets  122  that feed into each of the basketless systems  480 ,  490 . An additional panel may also be incorporated to divide and separate each of the liner packets that corresponds and feeds into its respective basketless system. The middle panels  460 ,  470  may include a slot  462 ,  472  or may allow for space above or below the middle panels  460 ,  470  when assembled to facilitate the feeding of a liner  120 ,  130  from the liner packets  122  and into the basketless systems  480 ,  490 . 
     In an embodiment, middle panel(s)  460 ,  470  may form an area defined as the liner/bag dispenser or liner package housing chamber  122 . The housing chamber  122  and a liner passing port slot within each middle panel  460 ,  470  may facilitate the automatic feeding of sequential liners from liner package(s) positioned in the housing chamber  122 , through the liner passing port slot, and into the cavity or body of the basketless systems  480 ,  490 . Automatic is defined as the continued feeding and access of liners in a sequential sequence or individual form. The liner passing port slot may be located at the bottom of each middle panel  460 ,  470 . 
     Liner package(s) may have an indicator marked on its outer packaging to facilitate opening of the package, exposing and accessing the liners, and where to align or line up the liners with the liner passing port slot located in the housing chamber  122 . The first liner may be pulled out half way in order to feed it through the liner passing port slot, from the housing chamber  122  and into the body of the basketless system  480 ,  490 . The liner may be pulled up and positioned in the body of the basketless system  480 ,  490 . The liner may be opened and fit or secured about the top rim or circumference of basketless system  480 ,  490 . 
     After the liner is filled, the liner may be cinch closed with a closure tab provided at the top edge of the liner(s), or if no tab is provided or desired, the liner may be folded over the top rim or circumference of the bucket. The liner may be pulled up and sequential liner that is thereby removably connected (e.g. by perforation) in sequence will rise up through the liner passing port slot. The liners may be detached and the process repeated. In some embodiments, the liners may be attached end-to-end such that as the first liner is pulled out to be used it is detached from the next sequential liner (e.g., the adjacent liners may have perforations to remove the first adjacent one from the second adjacent one.) It is noted that the system may include other slots as needed that align with the liner passing port slot or the slots of any middle panels so that the liners can be fed from the liner package, through the middle panel or other panels if applicable, through the bucket or basketless system, including any panels that form the holder for the bucket or panels of the basketless system, and into the interior of the bucket or basketless system where it is opened and positioned to receive waste therein, while remaining attached to the sequential liners below. 
     The height and shape of the front  410 , rear  420 , and side panels  440 ,  450  may be adjusted as desired. For example, as shown in  FIGS.  5 A-C  and  6 A-D, in an embodiment the front panel  410 , rear panel  420 , and middle panels  460 ,  470  may have substantially the same height wherein the height is about the height desired for a waste container, such as a bucket  140 ,  150 . The side panels  440 ,  450 , then, may be substantially the same height as the front panel  410  at the point of attachment between the two panels and may be substantially the same as the height of the rear panel  420  at the point of attachment between the two panels. With the front panel  410 , rear panel  420 , middle panels  460 ,  470 , and portions of the side panels  440 ,  450  being the same height, these may form the basketless systems  480 ,  490  which may, in turn, serve a similar function as buckets  140 ,  150  but without requiring the separate element of a bucket  140 ,  150 . The side panels  440 ,  450  may be about the same height all across or the side panels  440 ,  450  may have a different height. In an embodiment, as is shown the  FIGS.  5 A-C  and  6 A-D, a portion of the side panels  440 ,  450  may be lower to receive the liner packets  122 . In this embodiment, the lower height of the side panels  240 ,  250  may allow for easy access to the liner packets  122 . The liner packets  122  may be located between the two basketless systems  480 ,  490 . In some embodiments, the basketless systems  480 ,  490  may be configured such that one of the basketless system portions  480  or  490  may be of a different shape and size than the other of the basketless system portions  480  or  490 . This may allow a user to use one of the basketless system portions  480  or  490  as a recycling bin and the other of the basketless system portions  480  or  490  as a garbage bin. Alternatively, instead or in addition to being of a different size, one of the basketless system portions  480  or  490  may be a different shape or configuration where one shape or configuration is recycling and the other is for garbage. Further still, while a recycling bin and garbage bin are discussed, the basketless systems  480 ,  490  can either or both be used as a storage container. 
     In the embodiments shown, the panels may include cut-outs, holes or apertures of any appropriate configuration. The cut-outs, holes or apertures may be of any appropriate shape and configurations. The cut-outs, holes or apertures may be formed after the formation of a panel from a sheet material or may be formed as the panel is formed as during injection molding, for example. The cut-outs, holes or apertures may reduce the weight of the panels and reduce the amount of material required to produce the panels while maintaining the panels&#39; strength and integrity, may streamline production, may reduce costs in material and transport, and the like. The panels may be made of any appropriate material, including, without limitation plastic, rubber, wood, composite materials such as medium density fiberboard or particle board, metal, or a combination of the foregoing. The material may be stiff enough to maintain its shape and rigidity to accept a bag as described herein. 
     The waste management system  400  (or any of the waste management systems as described herein) may further comprise a rail or track  160 , see  FIG.  5 A and  5 C  for example, and may be inserted into a cabinet for storage of the waste management system  400 , see  FIG.  9    for example. In am embodiment, the rail or track  160  may be similar or the same as a rail or track for a drawer. The rail or track  160  may be full extension as to allow selective full access to the waste management system  400  when opened. Further still the rail or track  160  may comprise a slow-close configuration. 
       FIG.  7    shows an example of a waste management system  500  configured to selectively receive at least one liner  120  in at least one basketless system  580  wherein said one liner  120  is positioned in the basketless system  580 . Although one basketless system  580  or liner receiver is described and shown, the system may be provided to receive or accommodate any number of buckets or liners including a mix of buckets and liners (e.g., one, two, three, four, five, etc.). The waste management system  500  may include a body  505  having a front panel  510 , shown in  FIG.  8 B , a rear panel  520 , shown in  FIG.  8 D , a bottom panel  530 , shown in  FIG.  8 E , and two side panels  540 ,  550  one of which is shown in  FIG.  8 A . In an embodiment, the two side panels  540 ,  550  may be parallel and may attach and connect to parallel front  510  and rear  520  panels in any appropriate manner, including, without limitation through adhesives, dove-joints, fasteners or the like. In an embodiment, the bottom panel  530  may attach to and connect to all of the front  510 , rear  520 , and side panels  540 ,  550  or may be monolithically formed. In an embodiment, the exterior shape of the body  505  may be rectangular. 
     The body  505  of the waste management system  500  may further comprise at least one middle panel  560 , shown in  FIG.  8 C . In an embodiment, the waste management system  500  may also include more or no middle panels, or any number of middle panels corresponding to the desired number of compartments (e.g., one, two, three, four, five or more). The middle panel  560  may insert into an interior space defined by the front  510 , rear  520 , and side  540 ,  550  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panel  560  may be parallel to the front  510  and rear  520  panels. In an embodiment, the middle panel  560  may attach to the side panels  540 ,  550 , and the bottom panel  530 . The middle panel  560  may separate the interior space of the body  505  into at least two areas: a basketless system  580  configured to receive the liner  120  and an area to receive the liner packets  122  that feed into the basketless system  580 . The middle panel  560  may include a slot  562  or may allow for space above or below the middle panel  560  when assembled to facilitate the feeding of a liner  120  from the liner packets  122  and into the basketless system  580 . 
     In an embodiment, middle panel  560  may form an area defined as the liner/bag dispenser or liner package housing chamber  122 . The housing chamber  122  and a liner passing port slot within the middle panel  560  may facilitate the automatic feeding of sequential liners from liner package(s) positioned in the housing chamber  122 , through the liner passing port slot, and into the cavity or body of the basketless system  580 . Automatic is defined as the continued feeding and access of liners in a sequential sequence or individual form. The liner passing port slot may be located at the bottom of the middle panel  560 . 
     Liner package(s) may have an indicator marked on its outer packaging to facilitate opening of the package, exposing and accessing the liners, and where to align or line up the liners with the liner passing port slot located in the housing chamber  122 . The first liner may be pulled out half way in order to feed it through the liner passing port slot, from the housing chamber  122  and into the body of the basketless system  580 . The liner may be pulled up and positioned in the body of the basketless system  580 . The liner may be opened and fit or secured about the top rim or circumference of basketless system  580 . 
     After the liner is filled, the liner may be cinch closed with a closure tab provided at the top edge of the liner(s), or if no tab is provided or desired, the liner may be folded over the top rim or circumference of the bucket. The liner may be pulled up and sequential liner that is thereby removably connected (e.g. by perforation) in sequence will rise up through the liner passing port slot. The liners may be detached and the process repeated. In some embodiments, the liners may be attached end-to-end such that as the first liner is pulled out to be used it is detached from the next sequential liner (e.g., the adjacent liners may have perforations to remove the first adjacent one from the second adjacent one.) It is noted that the system may include other slots as needed that align with the liner passing port slot or the slots of any middle panels so that the liners can be fed from the liner package, through the middle panel or other panels if applicable, through the bucket or basketless system, including any panels that form the holder for the bucket or panels of the basketless system, and into the interior of the bucket or basketless system where it is opened and positioned to receive waste therein, while remaining attached to the sequential liners below. 
     The height and shape of the front  510 , rear  520 , and side panels  540 ,  550  may be adjusted as desired. For example, as shown in  FIGS.  7  and  8 A -E, in an embodiment the front panel  510  and middle panel  560  may have substantially the same height wherein the height is about the height desired for a waste container, such as a bucket  140 ,  150 . The rear panel  520  on the other hand, in an embodiment, may be lower, at a point at about a third of half of the height of the front  510  and middle panel  560 . The side panels  540 ,  550 , then, may be substantially the same height as the front panel  510  at the point of attachment between the two panels and may be substantially the same as the height of the rear panel  520  at the point of attachment between the two panels. With the front panel  510 , middle panel  560  and portions of the side panels  540 ,  550  being the same height, these may form the basketless system  580  which may, in turn, serve a similar function as bucket  140  but without requiring the separate element of a bucket  140 . The slope of the side panels  540 ,  550  between the point of attachment to the higher front and middle  510 ,  560  panels and the point of attachment to the lower rear side  520  may be any varying gradient, such as a consistent slope forming a diagonal equally across the side of the waste management system  500 , or the slope may be more sharp, as is shown the  FIGS.  7  and  8 A -E where the portion of the side panels  540 ,  550  between the front and middle  510 ,  560  panels is substantially the same height as those panels and where the portion of the side panels  540 ,  550  between the middle and rear  560 ,  520  panels is substantially the same height as the rear panel  520 . In this embodiment, the lower height of the side panels  540 ,  550  may allow for easy access to the liner packets  122 . 
     In an embodiment, the waste management system  500  (or any of the waste management systems as described herein) may further comprise a rail or track  160 , see  FIG.  5 A and  5 C  for example, and may be inserted into a cabinet for storage of the waste management system  500 , see  FIG.  9    for example. In an embodiment, the rail or track  160  may be similar or the same as a rail or track used for a drawer. The rail or track  160  may be full extension as to allow selective full access to the waste management system  500  when opened. The rail or track system  160  may be used for domestic and commercial purposes and the size and shape of the waste management system and baskets or basketless systems may be modified for the particular application and anticipated waste loads and types. The present system may be particularly useful as a medical waste system. 
     In an embodiment, the waste management system  500  (or any of the other embodiments of the waste management system described above) may optionally comprise one or more wheels  600 . An embodiment of the wheels  600  is shown in  FIG.  13   . The wheels  600  may facilitate flexibility and transport of the waste management system  500  and may be used in lieu of the tracks and drawer system for an independent and freestanding system (or may be used in conjunction therewith). For example, the waste management system  500  may include four wheels  600 . The waste management system  500  may include 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, etc. wheels  600 . The wheels  600  may be positioned on the bottom panel of any of the described embodiments. In an example, the wheels  600  may be positioned on the bottom panel, near the sides of the bottom panel, in any of the described embodiments. For example, four wheels may be positioned by each of the four corners on the exterior side or outwardly facing side of the bottom panel of any of the described embodiments. In an embodiment, the wheels  600  may also be used instead of or as a replacement to track  160  so that a corresponding track on the drawer or cabinet (or holder) that may otherwise be needed to attach to track  160  and facilitate opening and closing of the drawer or cabinet (or holder) and facilitate selective access to the system is no longer needed. Instead, the wheels  600  may facilitate opening and closing of the cabinet face (or holder) or otherwise facilitate selective access to the system. 
     In an embodiment, the wheel  600  may include a locking or braking mechanism  610 . When engaged the locking or braking mechanism  610  may prevent further rotation of the wheels and otherwise keep the waste management system  500  in the same position. The locking or braking mechanism  610  may be actuated by a force, for example, such as pressing down by a user&#39;s foot. The locking or braking mechanism  610  may also be actuated by any other mechanical or electrical mechanism. The wheels  600  may be used for domestic and commercial purposes and the size and shape of the waste management system and baskets or basketless systems may be modified for the particular application and anticipated waste loads and types. In some embodiments, the wheels  600  may be used with the tracks and drawer systems described herein. In these embodiments, the waste management system  500  may be removed from the track system (such as that described above) to facilitate relocating the waste management system  500  such as to remove the waste therefrom. In one embodiment, the waste management system  500  may include a track (such as the ones described above) onto which the wheels  600  can operatively engage such that the waste management system  500  may be rolled out from the drawer system to be positioned in a different location. 
     Additionally, the wheels  600  may be used for a variety of other purposes and attached to different portions of the system or components of the system. For example, the wheels  600  may be attached to a bucket that is inserted into a bucket receiver to allow the bucket to be wheeled around within the system (and locked in a particular position if desired). The system may also include a ramp so that the wheeled bucket may be wheeled into the bucket receiver and system instead of needing to be picked up and set down into bucket receiver and the system. In an embodiment, the front panel side panel, portion of the side panel, and/or cabinet face may be hinged and selectively opened on the hinge to facilitate the removal of the bucket (which may be made easier by wheels  600  on the bucket). 
     The track may include an extension that may engage the wheels such that the user may push or pull the waste management system  500  from the drawer system. The extension may slide, rotate, pivot, etc. from the main track to provide a ramp surface that can engage the wheels  600  to roll the waste management system  500  from the drawer system in which it is positioned. The extension may then be folded back to its storage position such that it does not interfere with operation of the waste management system  500  in the drawer system and is hidden from view. Once the extension is needed to help roll the waste management system  500  from its position, it may be folded from its storage position to an operative position in any appropriate manner. 
     In an embodiment, the waste management system  500  may optionally comprise one or more of a tilt mechanism  700  that may include a stabilizer. An embodiment of the tilt mechanism  700  and stabilizer is shown in  FIG.  14   . The tilt mechanism  700  and stabilizer may serve as a counterweight to prevent tipping of the waste management system  500  when it is empty, near empty, holding light waste, quickly transported or moved, or when the liner is removed and replaced, and the like. For example, the tilt mechanism  700  and stabilizer may prevent the waste management system  500  from flipping upon taking out a heavy liner. The tilt mechanism  700  and stabilizer may be used for tall or large capacity buckets or liners to facilitate pulling out heavy and maxed weighted liners. The tilt mechanisms  700  may be used for domestic and commercial purposes and the size and shape of the waste management system and baskets or basketless systems may be modified for the particular application and anticipated waste loads and types. 
     Further, the tilt mechanism  700  may allow the waste management system  500  (or any of the other embodiments of the waste management system described above) to be tilted to help remove the waste from the waste management system  500 . The tilt mechanism  700  may keep the waste management system  500  from tilting beyond a predetermined angle. In one embodiment, the waste management system  500  may include a pair of wheels  600  and a tilt mechanism  700  to help facilitate removal of waste from the waste management system  500 . The wheels  600  may help facilitate tilting of the waste management system  500  while the tilt mechanism  700  prevents the waste management system  500  from tilting beyond the predetermined angle. The tilt mechanism  700  may be attached to any suitable area of any of the disclosed systems, including the exterior side or outwardly facing side of the rear panel, the side panel, the bottom panel, or the like. The tilt mechanism may also be included within the cabinet or holder of the system, or within one of the disclosed receivers, including also on the front panel or cabinet face. 
     In an embodiment, the exterior shape of the body in any of the foregoing described embodiments may be square, round, ovular, asymmetrical, and the like. The exterior panels may include any number of slots, apertures, or design, or may be solid. As shown in the figures the panels may include large square or rectangular slots that extend across much of the face of the exterior panels. Such slots may make the waste management system  200  lighter, and may make the waste management system  200  more cost effective to produce. The attachments and connections between panels may be carried out by one or more fasteners, latches, snaps, protrusions and recesses, projections and apertures, tab and aperture, mating bayonet parts, slot and tab, multiple slots and tabs, any female to male or male to female engagement, adhesives, and the like. The attachments and connections between panels may be friction fit, snap fit, pressure fit, or secured by mechanism attachment like a screw or adhesive. In an embodiment, attachments and connections between panels may be carried out by one or more screws or nails inserted through the side panels. In an embodiment, attachments and connections between panels may be carried out by dovetail joints. 
       FIG.  10    shows an example of a process that may be used to form any of the front, rear, side, or middle panels as described herein. The process may use any machine, or any other method, that may be used to create, form, or manufacture a design, e.g. panels, slots, cuts, shapes, components, openings, and the like, in a sheet of material. For example, the process may include one or more of hard drives, programs, AutoCAD or CNC (computer numerical control), directives, measurements, calculations, instructions, formulas or other configurations required to enable the use of any machine, tools, printers, person, parts, or other, for the purpose of manufacturing and/or creating the system of component thereof. The process may use one or more material removal techniques such as CNC with diamond tooling, electrical discharge or spark machining, laser, water-jet, sand blasting, sawing, grinding, and the like, depending on the material. The process may also include injection molding. During injection molding, the panels may be formed with the cut-outs, holes or apertures in the panels without requiring a separate removal step. In an embodiment, the panels, and any slots and openings of the panels, may be cut out from a sheet of material using a laser printer. 
     In an embodiment, the panels may be formed from PVC plastic, wood, medium density fiberboard, particle board, or other composite, or any other suitable material. For example, other suitable materials may include one or more of plastic, glass, wood, metal, a composite thereof, and the like. 
     In an embodiment, bags or liners  122 ,  124  may be provided in a package  126 . The package  126  may include a sequential plurality of bags  124 , each bag  124  being linked to the next bag  124  in the sequence, and whereby a first bag  124   a  in the sequence extends at least partially through the opening  138  to ready the container assembly  100  for use. Although sequentially linked bags  124  are discussed, the container assembly  100  will also work with conventional bags that are not sequentially linked to one another. 
     The sequentially linked bags  124  of the package  126  are arranged in a zig-zag or fan-fold pattern as shown in  FIGS.  13 A,  13 B and  14    whereby each individual bag  124  is attached to the next via a perforation tear line  142 . The sequentially linked bags  124  may be a stack of bags  124  folded to at least partially overlap each other one to the next so that pulling one bag lifts the next bag in sequence. This particular embodiment resembles a stack of tissues contained in a dispensing box having a dispensing slot. The bags  124  may be made of any appropriate material, including, but not limited, to biodegradable or non-biodegradable materials, including but not limited to, plastic, paper, or fabric. 
     A plurality of bags  124  can be folded, stacked, and/or rolled into a package  126 . The plurality of bags  124  can be detached from each other, or the plurality bags  124  can be connected in series and torn apart (e.g., along a perforation line between each of bag liners). The package  126  may include an opening through which a single bag  124  can be pulled. The opening of the package  126  can be generally shaped, sized, and positioned such that the opening generally aligns with the slot or opening of the middle panels. Each of the bags  124  can include a tabbed portion to facilitate removal of each bag  124  from the package  126 . In an embodiment, the last bag of the package can include an indicator to signal that the package of bags should be replaced. For example, the last bag can be colored, include a message, or otherwise indicate that the package should be replaced. 
     In some methods of providing bags, a supplier may provide a package of multiple bags to a user of a container assembly, along with instructions to the user to insert the package of multiple bag liners into basketless system such that an opening in the package can be oriented to generally align with the bag-access opening in the middle panel to facilitate access to the bags within the package from inside of the container assembly. 
     The result is a package  126  of fan folded bags  124  for use in the waste management systems disclosed here. The bag  124  may be extended through a slot of the middle panel into the interior of the bucket or basketless system when one bag  124  is pulled through the slot. The sequential plurality of bags  124  may be a stack of bags fan folded to at least partially overlap each other one to the next so that pulling one bag lifts the next bag in sequence. This particular embodiment resembles a stack of tissues contained in a dispensing box having a dispensing slot and allows a user continually, easy access to one bag at a time as needed. Access to the liner packets permits periodic replacement of the package  126  of sequential fan folded bags  124 , and allows a first bag in the sequence to once again be pulled through the slot of the middle panels. 
     In an embodiment, the bucket or basketless system may include a container partition that generally horizontally divides the bucket or basketless system into an upper waste portion and a lower weight sensor portion and include, optionally, a weight sensor. In an example, the weight sensor may be suitable for commercial use applications. In an embodiment, the partition may be a panel joined at its perimeter to an internal surface of one or more of the panels. In an embodiment, the partition may include intersecting sets of supports, such as wires. 
     As the bag in the waste chamber (e.g. bucket or basketless system) collects waste, the bag increases in weight and volume. When the bag reaches a predetermined weight, the sensor located below the waste chamber will emit a signal notifying the user that the liner is full and should be replaced. Preferably, the sensor will emit an RF signal to a receiver located near the top of the waste container having one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) or other signal device. The one or more LEDs may change color based on the signal received from the weight sensor thus notifying the user that the bag should be removed and replaced. The sensor may emit a near field communication and/or Bluetooth signal to a user indicator device, such as the LEDs described. Moreover, the user indicator can also include a program or app on a smart device (such as a smart phone or tablet), computer, laptop or any other smart device. In such embodiments, the sensor can send a signal to the app or program and notify the user that the bucket/bag is full, no bag is in the bin, that the liners/bags are running low or out or that the system is in an operative condition, i.e., the bag is in place in the bucket, the bag is not full and/or that liners/bags are available in the body  505 . 
     When a filled bag is removed from the bucket or basketless system, an integrated closure cinch tab, tie, clinch or other closure tab can be seen along the upper perimeter of the bag. The integrated closure cinch tab, tie, clinch or other closure tab can be a bendable wire or a tape-like adhesive that permits the user to tighten the closure cinch tab, tie, clinch or other closure tab around the open upper edge of the liner for proper disposal. 
     In an embodiment of the present technology, a motion-activated trigger causes a spray or mist to discharge into the waste chamber from a spray container. The spray or mist can be scented or unscented, and can also have antiseptic qualities such as a germ or bacteria killing agent. A movement sensor, preferably located on the edge of the liner passing port, records the movement of the liner when the liner is being replaced. In an embodiment, the container includes a spray canister. The spray canister releases the spray or mist into the waste chamber after receiving a signal from the movement sensor. 
     Although the embodiments of the present teachings have been illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the foregoing detailed description, it is to be understood that the present teachings are not to be limited to just the embodiments disclosed, but that the present teachings described herein are capable of numerous rearrangements, modifications and substitutions without departing from the scope of the claims hereafter. The claims as follows are intended to include all modifications and alterations insofar as they come within the scope of the claims or the equivalent thereof.