ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,037, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to C&C Consolidated Holdings LLC (South Portland, Maine).

"Methods and apparatus for managing information in connection with an account-based recycling program" was invented by William Hunscher (Portland, Maine) and Frank Whittier (Portland, Maine).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for managing information relating to recycling activities are described. One embodiment described herein is directed to a method for accessing aggregated recycling information for use and/or display in connection with an account-based recycling program. The method comprises receiving first and second c...