Rescuing small plastics from the waste stream
PhD student Alexis Hocken is working with manufacturers to keep their products from (literally) falling through the cracks in the recycling process.
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.
Following a successful project creating bricks from pulp plant waste in northern India, Elsa Olivetti is looking for ways to repurpose slag produced by the metals industry.
Finalists presented an alternative to nondegradable plastics, and an additive to help plastics decompose.
Renewlogy’s system is converting plastic waste from cities and rivers into fuel.