MUMBAI, India, May 1 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641048423 A) filed by Aleena George, Idukki, Kerala, on April 16, for 'decentralized smart textile and plastic waste collection and circular recycling system.'
Inventor(s) include Aleena George.
The application for the patent was published on May 1, under issue no. 18/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention describes a decentralized waste management and circular economy system for collection, authentication, weighing, incentivization, and panchayat-level recycling of post-consumer textile and plastic waste. The system comprises distributed smart collection machines including a Cloth-Hub for used ...