Patents Assigned to Next-Tec, Ltd.
  • Recycling and reduction of plastics and non-plastics material
    Patent number: 7799835
    Abstract: The present invention provides, e.g., methods to recycle and/or reduce plastic, non-plastic, or a combination thereof, from a waste stream. The methods of the present invention include contacting the plastic waste with infrared (IR) energy at one or more frequencies and at one or more intensities, over a period of time effective to heat plastic present in the plastic waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: Next-Tec, Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Anthony Smith, Adam J. Koffler, Philip Mark Smith