ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,548, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to REVENTAS Ltd. (Livingston, Great Britain).
"Plastic recycling" was invented by Andrew Burns (Livingston, Great Britain), Peter Malley (Livingston, Great Britain), Steven Andrew Burns (Livingston, Great Britain) and Thomas Rose (Livingston, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the fractionation of reclaimed polymer in at least one solvent in a process for purifying reclaimed polymers plastic recycling to increase their use in secondary applications. The reclaimed polymer is dissolved in a solvent within a reactor vessel having a stack of perforated discs which are oscillat...