Patent ID: 8602298

Claim:
A method of implementing a system of incentive-based recycling comprising: dispatching a vehicle on a route having a series of collection points to collect recyclable material; lifting, with a lifting device, a pickup cart comprising (i) a volume of collectable recyclable material and (ii) a radio frequency identification (RFID) readable tag disposed on the pickup cart; weighing the collectable recyclable material on a weighing device; transferring the collectable recyclable material into a storage receptacle; using a radio frequency identification reader to obtain a unique set of identification data from the pickup cart; removing the pickup cart from the weighing device; transporting a volume of collectable recyclable material to a drop-off facility; validating collected weight data and identification data; wherein the validating comprises removing duplicate and incomplete points in the collected weight data and identification data, wherein the data is selected from a group consisting of: identification data obtained from each collection point, the amount of recyclable material collected at each collection point, and the amount of rewards to be allocated for each collection point; uploading the data to a central database; generating at least one report from the data uploaded to the central database; and allocating rewards as incentives to a customer corresponding to the unique set of identification data based on total amount of recyclable material collected from the series of collection points, in order to implement an incentive-based recycling system.