Educational cardboard collection tower for sorting and quantifying recyclable waste

The graduated cardboard collection tower addresses the lack of educational value in current waste collection systems by enabling the measurement and quantification of recyclable waste, thereby promoting environmental awareness and waste reduction through educational resources and visual feedback.

FR3147263B3Active Publication Date: 2025-04-04DELAUNAY AMYLÈNE
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Patent Information

Application Number
FR2023003246
Authority / Receiving Office
FR · FR
Patent Type
Utility models
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2023-04-03
Publication Date
2025-04-04
Estimated Expiration
2033-04-03

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Technical Problem

Current waste collection systems lack educational value and fail to effectively measure and quantify recyclable waste, which is essential for sustainable development education and waste reduction projects.

Method used

A graduated cardboard collection tower with vertical openings and QR codes that allows for the measurement of waste height and volume, providing access to educational resources and promoting selective sorting and waste reduction.

Benefits of technology

The educational collection tower enhances educational outcomes by providing a visual and measurable approach to waste collection, promoting environmental awareness and encouraging selective sorting and waste reduction among students and community members.

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Abstract

Educational cardboard collection tower for sorting and quantifying recyclable waste. The recycling tower is used to assess the quantity of waste collected using vertical linear openings that allow visualization of the waste level within the tower. Graduations allow measurement of this level and correlation of the collected volume. A QR code on the tower provides access to an educational booklet for tracking the amount of waste collected. This device is designed for schools and environmental education institutions to develop scientific approaches to promoting recycling and reducing waste.
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Description

Title of the invention: Educational cardboard collection tower for selective sorting and quantification of recyclable waste.

[0001] The present invention relates to a giant, graduated cardboard collection box intended to measure the quantity of recyclable waste collected within a school, extracurricular or association community.

[0002] Current collection boxes usually have a collection function without offering an educational purpose concerning the measurement of the quantity of waste collected in connection with sustainable development education projects, waste reduction and scientific investigation approaches.

[0003] The proposed educational collection box is an educational tower with fine intermediate vertical openings allowing the height and nature of the waste collected to be viewed. Vertical graduations attached to the openings are inscribed on the one hand, for measuring the height of the waste in the tower, and on the other hand for measuring the corresponding collected volume. The tower has a QR code allowing access to an educational booklet for monitoring the volumes collected, proposals for reducing and reusing recyclable waste.

[0004] The educational collection tower is a square-based collection tower with 4 visible faces. The recycled cardboard template of the tower is a self-assembly system. The upper part of each face includes holes for inserting the various packaging and recyclable materials inside the tower. The proposed collection box includes fine vertical linear openings allowing the height of the waste in the tower to be visualized. A graduation in meters and a sub-graduation in centimeters printed on the cardboard, next to the vertical linear openings, is used to quantify the height of waste in the tower. Another graduation allows the volume of waste to be quantified in cubic meters. A recycled cardboard lid allows the tower to be closed and opened at the top to empty its contents into the municipality's collection system.Depending on the particular embodiments chosen, the device can provide different personalized printed patterns which can be colored.

[0005] The device according to the invention is particularly intended for schools and extracurricular establishments and all other structures for raising awareness or promoting environmental education for children (Permanent Centre for Environmental Initiatives, House of National and Regional Natural Parks, Environmental Education Association, etc.) for projects raising awareness of selective sorting and waste reduction.

Claims

Claims

1. A device for collecting recyclable waste, characterized in that it comprises a tower with a square base and four faces provided with openings for depositing recyclable waste in the upper part, but also with fine vertical linear openings allowing the height of the waste to be viewed.

2. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the fine vertical linear openings are accompanied by a graduation in meters and a sub-graduation in centimeters making it possible to measure the height of waste in the tower and a graduation in cubic meters making it possible to evaluate the volume of waste collected.

3. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the faces are illustrated with patterns which can be colored and a QR code to access the educational booklet for monitoring the quantity of waste collected.

4. Device according to claim 1 characterized in that the tower is topped with a recycled cardboard cover allowing the tower to be emptied.