WM Intellectual Property Holdings was granted a patent for plastics recovery facilities

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T16:51:24+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Waste Management",
    "domain": "wm.com"
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      "Sustainability",
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    "detail": "In September 2026 WM Intellectual Property Holdings patented an integrated system for sorting and recovering recyclable plastics, residuals, fines, and glass at processing facilities.",
    "summary": "WM Intellectual Property Holdings was granted a patent for plastics recovery facilities",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "inventors": [
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        "name": "Guillaume Chevrette",
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    "grant_date": "2026-09-29",
    "source_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US12746710",
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    "patent_title": "Plastics processing and plastics recovery facility",
    "patent_number": "US12746710",
    "uspto_assignee": "WM Intellectual Property Holdings, L.L.C.",
    "patent_abstract": "A system and method for sorting and recovery of materials in a combination of a plastics processing facility (PPF) and a plastics recovery or recycling facility (PRF) is provided. The system can include a first line comprising a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) processing line, a second line comprising a polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP) and polystyrene (PS) processing line, a third line comprising a plastics residuals recovery line, a fourth line comprising a fines and glass residue processing line, and a fifth line comprising a flexible plastic packaging processing line. The first line, the second line, the third line, the fourth line and the fifth line can all be located in close co-operational proximity on the same physical footprint and at the same site to process recovered plastics thus creating economies of scale and efficiency while meeting or exceeding minimum material quality specifications.",
    "precision_class": "structural",
    "invention_explanation": "A facility layout that routes PET, mixed plastics, leftover material, and fine or glass residue through separate processing lines for recovery.",
    "technologies_mentioned": [
      "plastics recycling",
      "materials sorting",
      "recovery processing",
      "waste management"
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