Patent ID: 8560116

Claim:
A method of collecting and managing waste (W) wherein the waste is deposited in waste disposal packages ( 6 -F 1 , 6 -F 2 , 6 -F 3 . . . 6 -F n ), and is received in a vacuum operated waste collection system ( 1 ; 1 ′), and wherein waste is intermittently conveyed from at least one waste inlet ( 2 ; 102 ), through waste transport piping ( 3 ; 3 ′; 103 ) and to a waste collection container ( 5 ; 5 ′) for storing waste before removal, whereby waste disposal packages each containing one of multiple waste fractions (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 . . . F n ) are received through a common waste inlet, wherein: deposited waste packages containing one fraction (F 1 , F 2 , F 3 . . . F n ) are temporarily stored in a temporary storage space ( 9 ) above a discharge valve (DV) controlling communication between the waste inlet and the transport piping during a predetermined fraction access time period (P 1-n ) of said fraction in a preset fraction time schedule (TS) belonging to the respective fraction; at fixed or controlled intervals during said time period, waste packages containing this fraction are conveyed to a waste collection container ( 5 or 5 ′) in a collection terminal ( 4 ) in a stationary type system ( 1 ) or in a vacuum truck ( 4 ′) in a mobile type system ( 1 ′), said container being common for all fractions; and wherein the common container is emptied between each two successive fraction time periods in the time schedule in the stationary type system and after finishing collecting waste from said at least one waste inlet in the mobile type system.