I. FIELD OF THE INVENTION

A dumpster for the collection and discharge of solid waste having one or more apertures covered by perforated panels disposed in the sidewalls or end walls to allow visual access to the interior compartment of the dumpster to allow visualization of the solid waste contained in the interior compartment and to identify any contaminant waste comixed with the solid waste.

II. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The Environmental Protection Act (415 ILCS 5/1 et seq.) regulates the disposal of used tires and certain refuse in landfills. Each state further regulates the disposal of solid waste and my prohibit disposal of contaminate waste including as examples one or more of yard waste (grass, leaves, brush), lead acid batteries, white goods (refrigerators, ranges, water heaters, freezers, air conditioners, humidifiers and similar domestic and commercial appliances), used oil, or electronic products (computers, monitors, televisions, printers), and mercury controlled thermostats.

Additionally, each state may further regulate recycling waste streams and may require sorting of recyclable waste by type or into a single sort recycling waste stream. As one example, in 1988, the State of Illinois passed the Solid Waste and Recycling Act which mandates single-stream recycling in which consumers mix recyclables rather than sort them by type. After single-stream recyclables are picked up at the curb by a hauler or dropped-off at a collection site, the recyclables are transported to a material recovery facility where a series of sorting lines separate the items by type. Single stream recyclables include as examples: newspapers, magazines, cardboard, brown paper bags, aluminum cans, tin and steel cans, plastic milk containers, detergent and cleaning containers. The legislation and implementing regulations prohibit mixing contaminate waste into the single stream recyclables including for example: plastic bags, food waste, glass bottles, polystyrene cups, motor oil bottles, electronic devices, batteries, compact discs, garbage and yard waste. Recyclable waste concealed in a plastic bag may be prohibited. It is generally understood that for single-stream recycling to be effective, the contaminant waste in the single stream recyclable waste stream must be below five percent by weight and preferably below two percent by weight.

Additionally, animals and humans may be inside of the dumpster at the time of waste collection and may be injured by lifting and tilting of the dumpster and discharge into a waste collection vehicle.

Prohibited contaminate waste inadvertently discharged into the solid waste or recyclable waste contained in the waste collection vehicle may preclude the entire load of solid waste including the contaminant waste from being discharged into a land fill or the recycling facility. The contaminate waste, at substantial expense, may then have to be sorted from the solid waste or recyclable before discharge of the solid waste in the land fill or the recyclable waste at a recycling facility.

There would be a substantial advantage in a dumpster that allowed visual access to the interior compartment of the dumpster to identify contaminant waste and preclude or reduce contaminant waste in the solid waste contained in a waste collection vehicle.

III. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, a broad object of particular embodiments of the invention can be to provide a dumpster having one or more apertures communicating between the interior and the exterior surfaces of at least one of a pair of side walls or at least one of said pair of end walls of a dumpster which are covered by perforated panels allowing sufficient visual access to the solid waste or recyclable waste inside of the interior compartment of the dumpster from outside of the dumpster or from the waste collection vehicle to identify contaminant waste contained inside the dumpster.

Another broad object of particular embodiments of the invention can be to provide a method of making a dumpster having one or more apertures communicating between the interior and the exterior surfaces of at least one of a pair of side walls or at least one of said pair of end walls of a dumpster which are covered by a perforated panels allowing sufficient visual access to of the solid waste or recyclable waste inside of the interior compartment of the dumpster from outside of the dumpster or from the waste collection vehicle to identify contaminant waste contained inside the dumpster.

Another broad object of particular embodiments of the invention can be to provide a method of using a dumpster having one or more apertures communicating between the interior and the exterior surfaces of at least one of a pair side walls or at least one of said pair of end walls of a dumpster which are covered by a perforated panels including visualizing from outside of the dumpster, or from inside of the waste collection vehicle, the solid waste or recyclable waste inside of the interior compartment of the dumpster and further assessing through visualizing of the solid waste inside of the interior compartment of the dumpster whether the solid waste or recyclable waste includes contaminant waste and further including interdicting discharge of the solid waste or the recyclable waste including the contaminant waste into the waste collection vehicle.

Naturally, further objects of the invention are disclosed throughout other areas of the specification, drawings, photographs, and claims.

