System and method for reducing waste using a sheet product dispenser

A method of operating a sheet product dispenser comprising:

• providing a sheet product dispenser comprising:
• a housing;
• a first roll holder positioned within the housing, wherein the first roll holder is configured to receive a first full-sized roll of sheet product having a first length;
• a second roll holder positioned within the housing, wherein the second roll holder is configured to receive a second full-sized roll of sheet product having a second length, wherein the first length and the second length are a same length, wherein the first roll holder is positioned above the second roll holder within the housing;
• wherein the housing is sized such that the first roll holder and the second roll holder are configured to receive and hold the first roll of sheet product and the second roll of sheet product simultaneously;
• a mechanism configured to dispense sheet product from either of the first roll of sheet product or the second roll of sheet product, wherein the mechanism comprises at least one drive roller and at least one pinch roller;
• and
• a single motor configured to drive a drive roller of the mechanism to dispense sheet product from either the first roll of sheet product or the second roll of sheet product, wherein the single motor is configured to cause the drive roller to rotate to cause a dispensed portion of the sheet product from either the first roll of sheet product or the second roll of sheet product to be presented for retrieval by a user without the user needing to pull on the dispensed portion to further rotate the drive roller;
• operating the sheet product dispenser to cause the single motor to cause sheet product to be dispensed from the first roll of sheet product until the first roll of sheet product is depleted and then from the second roll of sheet product;
• and
• operating, in an instance in which a third full-sized roll of sheet product has replaced the depleted first roll of sheet product on the first roll holder, the sheet product dispenser to cause the single motor to cause sheet product to be dispensed from the second roll of sheet product while the second roll of sheet product is received within the second roll holder, wherein the third full-sized roll of sheet product has a third length, and wherein the third length is the same as the first length.

A sheet product dispenser comprising:

• a housing;
• a first roll holder within the housing, wherein the first roll holder is configured to receive a first full-sized roll of sheet product having a first length;
• a second roll holder within the housing, wherein the second roll holder is configured to receive a second full-sized roll of sheet product having a second length, wherein the second length and the first length are a same length;
• a mechanism configured to dispense sheet product from at least one of the first roll of sheet product and the second roll of sheet product, wherein the mechanism comprises at least one drive roller, at least one pinch roller, and a single motor, wherein the single motor is configured to operate to cause a dispensed portion of the sheet product from either the first roll of sheet product or the second roll of sheet product to be presented for retrieval by a user without the user needing to pull on the dispensed portion to further rotate the drive roller,
• wherein the housing is configured to be opened to enable a user to replace a depleted first roll of sheet product with a third full-sized roll of sheet product having a third length while the second full-sized roll of sheet product is received by the second roll holder and able to be dispensed, wherein the third length is the same as the first length,
• wherein the dispenser is configured to operate, with the third roll of sheet product having replaced the depleted first roll of sheet product on the first roll holder, to cause sheet product to be dispensed from the second roll of sheet product while the second roll of sheet product is on the second roll holder.