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DOE to award more than $27M to 12 plastics recycling R&D projects

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Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH) - Hybrid Chemical-Mechanical Separation & Upcycling of Mixed Plastic Waste – DOE Funding: $2,498,539. Partners include BASF, MIT, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Partners include Argonne National Laboratory, ChemStation, Chevron Phillips, and Texas A&M.

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Study finds cities can reduce CO2 more easily from residential conservation than transportation

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A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania and MIT suggests it will be easier for cities to reduce CO 2 emissions coming from residential energy use rather than from local transportation. This reduction will happen mostly thanks to better building practices, not greater housing density.