| Date: | February 07, 2023 |
| Time: | 5:30 - 7:00 PM |
| Venue: | Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech |
| Description: |
The Macromolecules Innovation Institute at Virginia Tech presents Covestro Lecture Series: "Challenges and Opportunities in Plastics Recycling and Redesign" on Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech. To learn about recent breakthroughs in sustainable plastics, all are invited to attend the upcoming talk, "Challenges and Opportunities in Plastics Recycling and Redesign". The speaker will be Gregg Beckham, a senior research fellow at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory who also leads a large consortium of labs and universities dedicated to making plastics more sustainable. Beckham’s lecture will take the audience through several different plastics recycling frontiers. In one of his areas of research, enzymes — which are a type of macromolecule produced by living organisms – are being used to break down plastics into smaller components that can be handled and recycled more easily. In another research area, he seeks to create plastics that are “recyclable by design,” meaning that their ability to be recycled is taken into account from step one of the molecular design process. Admission is free and open to the public. The talk is part of the prestigious Covestro Lecture Series, sponsored by Covestro and produced by the Virginia Tech Macromolecules Innovation Institute. The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA. For more information, visit: https://mii.vt.edu/outreach/covestro-lecture-series.html or https://vtx.vt.edu/notices/2023/01/mii_notice_public_lecture_about_the_recycling_and_redesign_of_plastics.html. |