US Patent Issued to Inheriting Earth on June 17 for "Microplastic compactor and method of compacting microplastics" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,448, issued on June 17, was assigned to Inheriting Earth Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).

"Microplastic compactor and method of compacting microplastics" was invented by Adam Root (Bristol, Great Britain), Reuben Kettle Aiers (Bristol, Great Britain), Thomas Ruddell (Bristol, Great Britain) and Ntani Kokkinos (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to preventing microplastics from entering the environment. The invention is directed to filtering and compacting microplastics from any effluent, but in particular to filtering and compacting microfibers from the wastewater of washing machines and other a...