Abstract: Mature particulate compost containing plastic film fragments resulting from the comminution of green waste and the bags containing them, is freed of the plastic fragments during screening of the compost by drawing air upwards through the compost into at least one plenum chamber at a velocity sufficient to lift the plastic film fragment into the plenum chamber substantially free of compost.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 29, 1996
Date of Patent:
March 2, 1999
Assignee:
Community Recycling & Resource Recovery, Inc.