ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,585, issued on Dec. 2.

"Methods of forming blocks utilizable for building construction out of non-recyclable plastic waste raw material" was invented by Heidi Kujawa (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Michael Kujawa (Ingleburn, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming blocks having dimensional uniformity thereacross associated with building construction includes shredding, via a shredder, a non-recyclable plastic waste raw material having a specific dimensional length and a height into a number of strips having a uniform dimensional width of 0.120 inches to 1 inch, and weighing the number of strips at a weigh apparatus. Th...