Handling systems, containers for food and beverage, and carriers

Abstract

Disclosed is a handling system suitable for interaction with both a plurality of containers suitable for carrying hot and cold beverages and a plurality of carriers suitable for carrying a plurality of containers, said plurality of containers comprising a base, a walled portion upwardly extending from said base, and a lid for attachment to said walled portion. Said plurality of carriers comprise at least one compartment for receiving lids and at least a second compartment for receiving containers; both said carriers and said containers comprise a remotely interrogatable tag for respectively identifying said carrier and said container. Said system further comprises a remote processing module; and a plurality of points of interaction with said remotely interrogatable tags which provide one or more of the following factors: a date and time stamp of an interaction, an identification of the point, an identification of an individual interacting with the system and an identification of the container or carrier which interacts with said system; and a communication link for dispatching signals representative of said factors to said remote processing module.

Description

technical field [0001] The invention relates to a treatment system, containers and carriers for food and beverages. Optionally, the invention relates to cups. Background technique [0002] Modern lifestyles seem to require an ever-increasing consumption of hot and cold beverages. A dense network of suppliers exists offering single-use solutions in the form of single-use disposable cups or single-use food and drink packaging, mainly for takeaway. To withstand the often hot beverages in these disposable cups or containers, these cups or containers are often at least partially made of non-biodegradable plastics that have adverse environmental impacts as they end up in landfills and sometimes Clogging up our environment requires massive energy consuming waste collection schemes. Although compostable containers also exist, these require separation and industrial composting. These adverse environmental impacts are exacerbated in consideration of the enormous energy requirement...

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Problems solved by technology

To withstand the often hot beverages in these disposable cups or containers, these cups or containers are often at least partially made of non-biodegradable plastics that have adverse environmental impacts as they end up in landfills and sometimes clogging our environment, requiring massive energy consuming waste collection schemes

Although compostable containers also exist, these require separation and industrial composting

These adverse environmental impacts are exacerbated when considering the enormous energy requirements involved in the production of large quantities of single-use packaging solutions

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