Volunteer committee helps the MIT community live and work sustainably
The Working Green Committee is made up of MIT staff committed to encouraging reuse and recycling of goods, and reducing waste.
The Working Green Committee is made up of MIT staff committed to encouraging reuse and recycling of goods, and reducing waste.
With sustainability in mind, MIT’s EHS Lab Plastics Recycling Program gathers clean plastics from 212 MIT labs, recycling some 280 pounds per week.
Drawing inspiration from butterfly wings, reflective fibers woven into clothing could reshape textile sorting and recycling.
PhD student Alexis Hocken is working with manufacturers to keep their products from (literally) falling through the cracks in the recycling process.
J-WAFS Fellows discuss their inspiration for pursuing challenges in water and food systems.
Prizes in the materials science competition also went to a waste-monitoring device and a nanofiber-based yarn.
Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics, and other products.
A new way to make carbon fiber could turn refinery byproducts into high-value, ultralight structural materials for cars, aircraft, and spacecraft.
This year’s projects address mobile evaporative vegetable preservation, portable water filtration, and dairy waste reduction.
Students in STS.032 (Energy, Environment, and Society) learn about environmental and health consequences of discarded electronics.
Student inventors recognized on World IP Day for groundbreaking, patentable solutions to issues related to maternal health, energy efficiency, and plastic waste.
Engineers have developed self-cooling fabrics from polyethylene, a material commonly used in plastic bags.
Climate goals expand impact of MIT waste-processing spinoff that capitalizes on a process called plasma gasification.
New method for producing thermoset plastics allows them to be broken down more easily after use.
Graduate student Linda Zhong and professor of biology Anthony Sinskey are studying the plastic-devouring enzyme PETase as a way to improve recycling.