disposal thereof according to another inventive aspect shown in fig1 the device 710 may include one or more interior baffles 712 which extend from and perpendicular to one or both of the main claw panels 714 and 716 the baffles can be used to compartmentalize the device 710 such that waste may be collected according to a two step procedure wherein waste initially collected in a lower receptacle 718 is moved to an upper receptacle 720 by temporarily inverting the device and separating the claws until the waste passes the baffles and is received in an upper u201c chamber u201d a second collection can then be made reusing the lower chamber 0065 fig1 illustrates a further embodiment of the invention in which two side edge panels 812 have complementary engaging features 814 and 816 that retain the two side edge panels in an orientation that is substantially perpendicular to the main panel when the device 810 is erected it will be appreciated that other known complementary engaging features may also be employed in yet another embodiment an anti bacterial product is impregnated in or applied to select surfaces of the device in order to minimize contamination to the user and or surroundings similarly it is contemplated that scents or odor absorbent products may be impregnated in or applied to surfaces of the device in order to mask or remove malodorous scents it is further contemplated that the device can also be used in industry for sanitary sampling of granular comminuted or liquid materials a number of notable advantages are achieved in accordance with the present invention for example the collection device described herein may be inexpensively formed of a biodegradable paperboard thus eliminating the need for non degradable plastic bags heretofore employed for collecting waste the device is collapsible to.