APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
A system for managing, sorting, storing and removing/disposing of solid and hazardous waste in products may include scanner logic that is operatively capable of obtaining product ID information representative of a damaged product and waste logic that is operative capable of generating waste information based on the product ID information. The scanner logic may be further operative to print a waste instruction label that instructs a user as to how to dispose of the damaged product.
1 . A system comprising:
scanner logic operative to generate product ID information representative of a damaged product that contains one or more of solid waste and hazardous waste; and
waste logic operatively coupled to the scanner logic and operative to generate waste information based on the product ID information,
wherein the scanner logic is further operative to print a waste instruction label based on the waste information that instructs a user as to how to dispose of the damaged product.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste logic further comprises routing logic operative to facilitate communication with the scanner logic.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste logic further comprises scheduling logic operative to generate schedule information based on waste information to facilitate removal of the damaged product.
4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of waste containers to facilitate disposal of the damaged product.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste instruction label includes indicia associated with one of a plurality of waste containers to facilitate safe disposal of the damaged product in the one of the plurality of waste containers.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the waste logic further comprises damaged product to SDS association logic operative to generate SDS information for such damaged product based on the product ID information.
7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the waste logic further comprises SDS to waste information association logic operative to generate the waste information based on the SDS information.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the scanner logic is further operative to generate scanner device ID information.
9 . An assembly comprising: a scanner device for generating product ID information of a damaged product, the scanner device including a scanner for reading an identifier on the damaged product, a printer and scanner logic for generating the product ID information from the identifier; and waste logic in communication with the scanner logic for generating waste information based on the product ID information; wherein the printer generates a waste instruction label based on the waste information.
10 . The assembly of claim 9 , further comprising scheduling logic for generating schedule information based on waste information to facilitate removal of the damaged product.
11 . The assembly of claim 9 , further comprising a plurality of waste containers to facilitate disposal of the damaged product.
12 . The assembly of claim 9 , wherein the waste instruction label includes an indicia associated with one of a plurality of waste containers to facilitate safe disposal of the damaged product in the one of the plurality of waste containers.
13 . A method comprising: scanning an identifier on a damaged product; generating product ID information of the damaged product from the identifier in a scanner logic; generating waste information based on the product ID information in waste logic in operative communication with the scanner logic; and printing a waste instruction label based on the waste information to facilitate disposal of the damaged product.
14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising scheduling removal of the damaged product based on the waste information in a scheduling logic.
15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising applying the waste instruction label to the damaged product.
16 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising depositing the damaged product in one of a plurality of waste containers.
17 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the waste instruction label includes indicia associated with one of a plurality of waste containers to facilitate safe disposal of the damaged product in the one of the plurality of waste containers.
18 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the scanner logic is further operative to generate scanner device ID information.