Electrically-powered waste enclosure

A storage unit comprising:

• a storage bin contained inside a storage enclosure, the storage bin configured to receive and store items deposited in the storage enclosure, and wherein an inside portion of the storage bin is at least partially covered by a bag placed inside the storage bin to hold the items deposited in the storage enclosure;
• a bin sleeve made from a solid material and comprising (1) an interior flange having a shape configured to be complementary to at least a top interior portion of the storage bin within in the storage enclosure and (2) a top edge of the bin sleeve configured to extend over a top edge portion of the storage bin;
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• a sensor configured to sense a contents fullness state of the storage bin, the interior flange of the bin sleeve configured to overlap a portion of the bag configured with the storage bin to keep the bag from blocking a path of a sensing signal associated with the sensor.

A method comprising:

• covering an inside portion of a storage bin with a bag by coupling the bag to a top portion of the storage bin, the storage bin configured to receive and store items deposited in a storage enclosure and the bag configured to hold the items inside of the storage bin, wherein the storage enclosure comprises a sensor configured to sense a content fullness state of the storage bin;
• transmitting a signal from the sensor to sense the content fullness state of the storage bin;
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• installing a bin sleeve on a top portion of the storage bin, the bin sleeve made from a solid material and comprising (1) an interior flange of the bin sleeve having a shape configured to be complementary to at least a top interior portion of a storage bin, the interior flange of the bin sleeve configured to overlap a portion of the bag configured with the storage bin to keep the bag from blocking a path of the signal associated with the sensor configured in the storage enclosure, the interior flange of the bin sleeve being between objects placed in the storage bin and the bag when the objects rest at the top portion of the storage bin and (2) a top edge of the bin sleeve configured to extend over a top edge portion of the storage bin.