Manufacturing and supply chain optimization of a mobile plastics recycling plant for deployment in remote Indigenous communities

Plastics recycling remains a major challenge to global environmental sustainability, particularly for vulnerable populations such as remote Indigenous communities in which plastic waste is not viably captured by existing recycling networks. This research project aims to support the on-going work by NetZero Enterprises Inc., in the technical and business R&D for scaling-up the company’s mobile plastics processing plant, for deployment in processing waste PET in such remote communities. The processed PET will re-enter the plastics supply chain and provide income for the community leasing the mobile plant, such as re-bar used in construction, which will be upcycled and functionalized in targeted applications.

Faculty Supervisor:

Babak Mohamadpour Tosarkani;Mohammad Arjmand;Abbas Sadeghzadeh Milani

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Partner:

NetZero Enterprises Inc.

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

The University of British Columbia - Okanagan

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