US Patent Issued to NewSouth Innovations on May 26 for "Method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source" (Australian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,737, issued on May 26, was assigned to NewSouth Innovations Pty Ltd. (Sydney).

"Method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source" was invented by Veena Sahajwalla (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and system for processing a composite waste source, such as e-waste, is disclosed. The composite waste source may comprise low-, moderate and high-melting point constituents, such as plastics, metals and ceramics. The composite waste source is heated to a first temperature zone, causing at least some of the low-melting point constituents to at least partially thermally transform. The composite was...