WPI Receives Funding To Tackle a Major Recycling Challenge: Mixed Plastics

July 11, 2024

State supports effort to cut down on plastic waste and increase sustainable chemical manufacturing. Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded $331,592 in state funding to help develop a groundbreaking process for converting mixed plastic waste into valuable chemicals. This innovative approach aims to make the process more efficient and cost-effective, ultimately reducing plastic waste and its environmental impact.

New polystyrene recycling process could be world’s first to be both economical and energy-efficient

by Will McManus, The Univeristy of Bath | May 22, 2024

Chemical method identified to tackle hard-to-recycle packaging material, cutting landfill waste. The team of chemical engineers, based at the University of Bath in the UK and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, US, say their technique could be the first to make recycling polystyrene both economically viable and energy efficient.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, focusing on the instruction and research of technical arts and applied sciences