Plastics and Composites Engineering

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Experts wary of SSC single-stream recycling pilot, but it could have climate benefits

Single-stream recycling will soon be tested in Bellingham.

But not everyone is on board. One of those people is Mark Peyron, an associate professor of chemical engineering at Western Washington University. “It certainly will result in more contaminated waste,” said Peyron, who…

2022-02-03
Plastic rope washes ashore in southwest Washington. In Whatcom, it finds new life

Ocean plastics littering Washington’s coast are finding new life in Bellingham, with the help of a team of professors and students at Western Washington University’s College of Science and Engineering.

Since December, the group has used its expertise and machinery to turn the plastic…

2022-01-24
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