Method and apparatus for sorting wastes

A waste sorting system for sorting individual carrier bags each of which contains only one of multiple waste materials or only one of multiple recyclable materials, comprising:

• closing means for closing or verification of closing of each of the individual carrier bags, a waste type of the one of multiple waste materials or the one of multiple recyclable materials being visually marked on the closing means of each of the individual carrier bags,
• an RFID identifier arranged in the closing means of each of the individual carrier bags for identifying the one waste material or the one recyclable material in each of the individual carrier bags,
• a conveyor capable of conveying each of the individual carrier bags one after another,
• multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) arranged one after another along a length of the conveyor, each of the multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) including:
• multiple sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) capable of reading the RFID identifier of each of the individual carrier bags while the carrier bags are being conveyed on the conveyor, and
• multiple containers arranged adjacently to each of the multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5), and
• wherein the conveyor is adapted to convey each the individual carrier bags along the conveyor until a specific one of the sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) is able to read at least part of the RFID identifier on one of the individual carrier bags arranged alongside a route of the conveyor,
• upon which, one of the handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) is capable of depositing the one waste material or the one recyclable material into an appropriate one of the multiple containers based on the RFID identifier read by the specific one of the sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) associated with the appropriate one of the multiple containers, and
• after the one waste material or the one recyclable material from each of the carrier bags has been deposited into the appropriate one of the multiple containers, the one waste material or the one recyclable material is held in the appropriate one of the multiple containers for further processing.

A waste sorting system for sorting individual carrier bags each of which contains only one of multiple waste materials or only one of multiple recyclable materials, comprising:

• closing means for closing or verification of closing of each of the individual carrier bags,
• an RFID identifier arranged in the closing means of each of the individual carrier bags for identifying the one waste material or the one recyclable material in each of the individual carrier bags,
• a conveyor capable of conveying each of the individual carrier bags one after another,
• multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) arranged one after another along a length of the conveyor, each of the multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) including:
• multiple sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) capable of reading the RFID identifier of each of the individual carrier bags, while the carrier bags are being conveyed on the conveyor, and
• multiple containers arranged adjacently to each of the multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5),
• wherein the multiple containers further comprise:
• a first one of the containers and a second one of the containers arranged respectively on opposite sides of each of the multiple handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5), and
• wherein the system is adapted to:
• deposit the first one of the waste materials or the first one of the recyclable materials contained in the first container, and
• deposit the second one of the waste materials or the second one of the recyclable materials contained in the second container,
• wherein the conveyor is adapted to convey each the individual carrier bags along the conveyor until a specific one of the sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) reads a specific one of the RFID identifiers on each of the individual carrier bags being conveyed,
• upon which, one of the handling devices (R1, R2, R3, R4, R5) is capable of depositing the one waste material or the one recyclable material into an appropriate one of the multiple containers based on the RFID identifier read by the specific one of the sensor devices (S1, S2, S3, S4 S5) associated with the appropriate one of the multiple containers, and
• after the one waste material or the one recyclable material from each of the carrier bags has been deposited into the appropriate one of the multiple containers, the one waste material or the one recyclable material is held in the appropriate one of the multiple containers for further processing.