US Patent Issued to REPUBLIC SERVICES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS on Aug. 5 for "Recovery of higher volume and higher quality recyclables from a mixed stream" (Arizona, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,443, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to REPUBLIC SERVICES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY HOLDINGS INC. (Phoenix).

"Recovery of higher volume and higher quality recyclables from a mixed stream" was invented by Prabhu Soundarrajan (Phoenix), John Joseph Riconosciuto (West Chicago, Ill.), Peter J. Keller (Phoenix), David Call (Phoenix) and Zhenni Niu (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated process for separating and recycling a broad mix of waste material including, but not limited to, paper and flexible plastics. A materials recovery facility (MRF) collects, presorts, and separates into individual commodities the material, then separ...