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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Timothy A. Langlois, Fair Haven, VT (US);
John Cronin, Jericho, VT (US);
John A. Kintzer, Waterbury, VT (US);
Timothy A. Langlois, Fair Haven, VT (US);
John Cronin, Jericho, VT (US);
John A. Kintzer, Waterbury, VT (US);
Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Rutland, VT (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a relative quantity of recyclable items, wherein the calculation is determined based on a total number of items. In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes reading an identifier respectively associated with at least some of a total number of items. The computer determines a number of identifiers associated with the recyclable items. The computer also receives the total number of items, and computes the relative quantity of recyclable items by dividing the number of identifiers associated with the recyclable items by the total number of items.