Recycling system for the utilization of reusable objects

A separating apparatus that is a smart waste container, for separating and receiving reusable objects and residual waste, the separating apparatus comprising:

• a first receiving container for receiving residual waste;
• a second receiving container for receiving labeled objects;
• a sorting device;
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• an outer container;
• wherein the sorting device is designed to detect labeled objects;
• wherein the sorting device is further designed to transfer detected objects to the second receiving container and to transfer other objects to the first receiving container;
• wherein the sorting device includes a collector fixedly arranged in the outer container to catch waste and used reusable objects deposited into the separating apparatus from above through an opening in a cover, such that waste or a used reusable object deposited into the separating apparatus directly contacts the collector;
• wherein the outer container, in relation to a virtual longitudinal axis thereof, has a bottom surface transverse to the longitudinal axis, a circumferential surface arranged about the longitudinal axis, and an opening located opposite the bottom surface of the outer container;
• wherein the first receiving container has a bottom surface, a circumferential surface, and an opening located opposite the bottom surface of the first receiving container;
• wherein the second receiving container has a bottom surface, a circumferential surface, and an opening located opposite the bottom surface of the second receiving container;
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• wherein the first receiving container and the second receiving container are each arranged or arrangeable within the outer container such that the opening in the first receiving container and the opening in the second receiving container are each oriented toward the opening in the outer container, and the bottom surface of the first receiving container and the bottom surface of the second receiving container are each oriented toward the bottom surface of the outer container;
• wherein the collector is arranged, in the direction of the longitudinal axis, between the openings in the receiving containers and the opening in the outer container,
• wherein the collector comprises a planar segment, the segment extending transversely to the longitudinal direction and being located between the opening in the first receiving container and the opening in the second receiving container, as viewed from the bottom surface of the outer container toward the opening in the outer container;
• wherein the sorting device further comprises at least one movement sensor,
• wherein the at least one movement sensor is designed to:
• detect a movement in a first predefined region, and
• upon detection of a movement in the first predefined region, transmit a movement signal to a control electronics system;
• wherein the first predefined region, as viewed from the bottom surface of the outer container toward the opening in the outer container, is located behind the segment of the collector;
• wherein the sorting device further comprises the control electronics system for controlling a motor, the control electronics system being designed to:
• receive a movement signal from the movement sensor and to receive a detection signal from an RFID scanner,
• determine whether a time difference between the reception of a movement signal and the reception of a detection signal is less than a predefined threshold,
• upon receiving a movement signal and determining that the time difference has exceeded the threshold, transmit a first control signal and then a second control signal to the motor,
• upon receiving a movement signal and determining that the time difference has not exceeded the threshold, transmit a third control signal and then a fourth control signal to the motor.