METHODS FOR RECLAIMING OR DISPOSING OF ONE OR MORE MATERIALSIN A COMPOSITION:
(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein methods are disclosed for reclaiming or modifying one or more components for reuse, or methods for disposing in a safe and/or nonpolluting manner, e.g., compositions have aged, degraded, or otherwise proved hazardous to the environment.
(1) Note. The disposing of or destroying of explosive hazardous or toxic waste is provided for elsewhere. See the Search Note below.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
516, Colloid Systems and Wetting Agents; Subcombinations Thereof; Processes of Making, Stabilizing, Breaking, or Inhibiting,
9+, for colloid systems of continuous liquid phase (e.g.,
suspensions, emulsions, dispersions), subclasses 98+ for colloid systems of continuous or semicontinuous solid phase with discontinuous liquid phase (gels, pastes, flocs, coagulates); or agents for such systems or making or stabilizing such systems or agents; in each case, when generically claimed or when there is no hierarchically superior provision in the USPC for the specifically claimed art.
588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment,
