Merry Christmas

Christmas Musical Fireside 2024 YouTube video by Madison Wisconsin Stake Clerk

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Huber group Christmas party

University of Akron proposes cuts to polymer program Up to 10 of the 19 faculty positions are slated to be eliminated, unless alternative cost-saving measures are found

Faced with a budget shortfall, the University of Akron (UA) is proposing to merge its department of chemistry; department of chemical, biomolecular, and corrosion engineering; and School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering. cen.acs.org/careers/empl...

Winters are for skiing.

iSustain Engages Future Leaders in Plastics Recycling at CUWP Seminar, University of Wisconsin iSustain's Mark Huber recently inspired future sustainability leaders at the CUWP seminar and UW-Madison, sharing insights on challenges in plastics recycling.

This was an amazing visit to learn more about plastic recycling.

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With the Huber group Korean mafia

The effects of polyolefin structure and source on pyrolysis-derived plastic oil composition Seven types of plastics were pyrolyzed in a fluidized bed reactor: post-consumer recycled (PCR) high-density polyethylene (HDPE), PCR polypropylene (PP), HDPE virgin resins with two different molecula...

Our new paper is published on plastic pyrolysis
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The robot for my sons FTC robotic team is coming together. I enjoying helping to mentor the team while they learn about how to design, build and program the robot.

Clean-Fuel Startups Were Supposed to Be the Next Big Thing. Now They Are Collapsing. Hydrogen and biofuel projects have become money pits, threatening climate progress.

www.wsj.com/business/ene...

UN talks on plastics fall short, end with no global treaty to control waste Negotiations in South Korea for a global treaty on plastic waste stalemated over limits on plastic production and the elimination of harmful chemicals.

The treaty was about stopping production of plastic not addressing the real challenge with plastics. The real challenges with plastics is how to manage end of life use of plastics not stopping production.

www.newsweek.com/un-talks-pla...

Tomorrow I will be talking about PET depolymerization in my plastic recycling class. Here is a figure that descrbies the different routes to depolymerize PET.

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