ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,593, issued on June 17.

"System and method for green procurement" was invented by Naomi Stone (Hermosa Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for green procurement is provided. In certain embodiments, the system may comprise a buyer computing device and a seller computing device. The buyer computing device may receive identity information associated with the buyer, receive a desired material request from the buyer, the desired material request defined by one or more material characteristics, display at least one waste material listing, and receive and transmit a waste material order from one or more of the a...