US Patent Issued to UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE on March 25 for "Method and system for the elimination of odours in recycled plastics" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,451, issued on March 25, was assigned to UNIVERSIDAD DE ALICANTE (San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain).

"Method and system for the elimination of odours in recycled plastics" was invented by Andres Fullana Font (San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain) and Andrea Cabanes Gil (San Vicente del Raspeig, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method and system for the elimination of odours in recycled plastic materials, which comprises the steps of: separating and conditioning the plastic; shredding the plastic by means of a bladed shredded, which reduces the plastic into powder-sized particles; chemically washing with a surf...