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Abstract

A method of managing discard items in a retail environment includes using a mobile device, positionable proximate a region of the retail environment in which the discard items are present, to scan machine readable item identifying information from an item to be discarded, determining, based on the identifying information, whether the item is priced per unit weight or per item, wherein for items priced per item, a number of items is requested from a user and for items priced per unit weight, performing a weighing of the item, wherein the weighing comprises weighing the item using a scale mounted on a cart in the region of the retail environment, and transmitting, to a store network the item identifying information and the number of items or weight of the item.

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