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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 28, 1991
Stewart E Erickson, Ketchum, ID (US);
Stewart E. Erickson Construction, Inc., Marietta, PA (US);
Abstract
A method of handling waste is disclosed. The invention includes providing a transport vehicle or the like having a material-receiving cavity and a waste-receiving bladder carried within a portion of the cavity. A flowable waste material is loaded into the bladder at a waste collection site and delivered to a treatment facility located remotely of the collection site. A portion of the material-receiving cavity of the transport vehicle is filled with a non-waste material and is transported to a drop-off site located remotely of the treatment facility. In one embodiment, the drop-off site is located relatively closely to the waste collection site. The bladder may also be collapsed into a generally flat shape for use as a tarpaulin for covering the non-waste material.