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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
May. 05, 2009
Ron Gonen, New York, NY (US);
Morley Ivers, Toronto, CA;
David Wigder, Bronx, NY (US);
RECYCLEBANK LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An incentive-based waste reduction system and method thereof are disclosed herein. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, an incentive-based waste reduction system comprises a collection means comprising at least a load-determining device, the collection means for obtaining a quantifiable measure of waste material from an entity, a value associated with the quantifiable measure of waste material, an adjustment factor for adjusting the value associated with the quantifiable measure of waste material, determined from an algorithm, the algorithm taking as an input at least a predetermined factor, a credit value associated with at least a quantifiable measure of deposited waste material, and a reward value associated with the credit value.