In this webinar, the basics of UIT are explored with an emphasis on developing a detailed mechanistic insight into how UIT influences surface properties.
Continue readingSustainable Aluminum Die Casting
This webinar replay outlines the strategies and technologies being developed for industry, aiming at 100% use of secondary aluminum in die casting. Duration: 1 hr 2 min
Continue readingThe Recycling System: Value Chains, Collection, MRFs, & Markets – Practitioner
This short course offers a broad intro to fiber recovery infrastructure including a value chain overview, a history and evolution of recycled fiber collection, MRF sortation practices, markets, and national trend impacts. Duration: 53 min
Continue readingThe Technology of Plastic Recycling
Join REMADE Institute’s thought leader and expert in polymers and recycling, Brian Riise, as he shares his perspective on the technology of plastic recycling in the US. Duration: 56 minutes.
Continue readingA Systems Analysis of Plastics in The Global Economy: 2020 Update
The webinar will present an introduction to the global waste plastics problem, (PET and olefin plastics – polyethylene, polypropylene) contrast linear versus circular economy for plastics and summarize the REMADE exploratory project goals and tasks. Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes.
Continue readingA Systems Analysis of Plastics in The Global Economy
Dr. David Shonnard, Director of the Sustainable Futures Institute, Michigan Technological University, will present an introduction to the global waste plastics problem, (PET and olefin plastics – polyethylene, polypropylene) and contrast linear versus circular economy for plastics. Duration: 48 minutes.
Continue readingRecycled Paper Lab Research & Testing with TAPPI Standards
This short course offers a broad introduction to laboratory testing of recycled fibers or paper made from recycled fiber for research and production quality control purposes. It covers all the TAPPI standard methods that are used for testing a variety of paper properties.
Continue readingPrinting Inks & Deinking in the Paper Recycling Process – Awareness
This course introduces basic optical and mechanical properties of recycled fibers and paper and focuses on recycling effects on water retention, fiber swelling ability, and bonding ability on mechanical strength of paper.
Continue readingFiber Properties & Paper Physics – Awareness
This course introduces basic optical and mechanical properties of recycled fibers and paper and focuses on recycling effects on water retention, fiber swelling ability, and bonding ability on mechanical strength of paper.
Continue readingStickies & Organic Materials Characterization & Removal in the Paper Recycling Process – Awareness
This short course offers a broad introduction to the subject of stickies and organic materials characterization and removal in the paper recycling process.
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