Patent ID: 8185277

Claim:
A vehicle for removing and hauling waste, the vehicle comprising: a waste bin located above a baseline, the waste bin having a chamber and an emptying site; a waste receptacle transfer means driven from a first position associated with the baseline to a second position associated with the emptying site of the waste bin and back to the first position, wherein a waste receptacle is temporarily retainable to the waste receptacle transfer means and transferrable by the waste receptacle transfer means from the first position to the second position to spill a contents of the waste receptacle into the waste bin at the emptying site and back to the first position; a first receiver associated with the first position for receiving a signal generated by the waste receptacle at a first moment in time when the waste receptacle transfer means is in the first position and at a second moment in time when the waste receptacle transfer means has returned to the first position from second position; an on-board data link for receiving a first signal from the first receiver and transmitting a data signal carrying information associated with the identity of the waste receptacle to an external site; and an on-board controller in communication with the external site for receiving a signal from the external site regarding an account status associated with the waste receptacle wherein the on-board controller allows movement of the waste receptacle transfer means to the second position upon receipt of a pass condition signal or alternatively locks out movement of the waste receptacle transfer means upon a receipt a fail condition signal.