The goal of this project was to write a design proposal for a plastic upcycling facility located on CIT’s campus. Through interviewing recycling personnel, hands-on data collection, and working alongside CIT officials, we developed five plastic recycling and reduction posters to be displayed around both schools targeting all age groups, along with a detailed plastic guide, and a complete project proposition, including a site layout and specific machinery information, to give to CIT.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Chaves, Benjamin
• George, Kayleigh
• Puia, Joseph
• Wofford, Matthew
• Simon, Olivia

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Environment
• Industry
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030823-120304
• 91801

Keyword

• School
• Plastic
• Pollution
• Sustainability
• Upcycling
• Recycling

Advisor

• Eddy, Bethel L.
• Chiarelli, James A.

Year

• 2023

Center

• San Jose, Costa Rica Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Complejo Educativo CIT
• Jeannete Cortez
• Maria Pia Gamboa

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 14 - Life Below Water
• 15 - Life On Land

Date created

• 2023-03-08

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-030823-120304

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-04-19