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AccelNet-Design: Circular Economy Network for Plastics in the US & Caribbean — NSF Award to Michigan Technological University (MI,

Plastics are everywhere; from the micro to the macro scale you’ll find them in oceans, in food, and even in your body. Plastics have untold environmental impacts, and mismanaged plastic waste represents a loss of valuable resources. The Caribbean has three times the mismanaged waste compared to other regions. Most rese

Award titleAccelNet-Design: Circular Economy Network for Plastics in the US & Caribbean
Award ID2609617
AwardeeMichigan Technological University
CityHOUGHTON
StateMI
Amount obligated$142,246
Principal investigatorAmy Landis
ProgramAccelNet - Accelerating Resear
Start date10/01/2025
AbstractPlastics are everywhere; from the micro to the macro scale you’ll find them in oceans, in food, and even in your body. Plastics have untold environmental impacts, and mismanaged plastic waste represents a loss of valuable resources. The Caribbean has three times the mismanaged waste compared to other regions. Most research on waste management has focused on large, wealthy European and US systems. Those approaches are not applicable for the many small island nations of the Caribbean as the small
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