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US 12,590,420 B1Granted
Plastic-eating patch/label
OwnerWilliam J Birgeninventor
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Abstract
This invention is a laminate patch, label or packaging material which contains plastic eating elements, which can clean up polluted sites with plastic waste and can reduce the footprint of plastic in landfills. This invention containing plastic eating elements, can be deployed as a printed label, or a consumer product added to trash bags, or integrated into a product or its packaging.
Claims17
A packaging material, the packaging material comprising:
- a first ply and a second ply connected along a common perimeter, and
- a deposit of freeze-dried, dehydrated, or dried plastic eating elements selected from the group comprising proteins, enzymes, bacteria, fungi, or fungi spores,
- wherein the deposit is a separate component positioned and contained between the first and second plies.
A trash bag additive for degrading plastic items within a trash bag, the trash bag additive comprising:
- a hygroscopic tissue comprising paper and a deposit of freeze-dried, dehydrated, or dried plastic eating elements suspended within the tissue, wherein the hygroscopic tissue is configured to accelerate hydration of the deposit upon exposure to moisture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.