ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,653, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Phoenix Waste Solutions Inc. (Chauvin, La.).

"Method for processing waste using low-temperature plasma and device therefor" was invented by Tamara Renee Webb (Chauvin, La.) and Yuen-Li Chan (Chauvin, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for processing waste is described herein that comprises an ion generator, a furnace chamber, a heat exchanger, a pollution control system, and a chimney. The ion generator converts atmospheric air into an ionized gas and the furnace chamber thermally decays the waste by combining the waste with a product of an interaction of the ionized gas and heat gener...