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challenges and opportunities that are expected in next year’s global market landscape. Advances in innovation, sustainability commitments and education have inspired growth opportunities for recycled materials, but impend- ing restrictions on trade of these important commodities, including an amendment to the Basel Convention affecting plastic, will have bearing on achieving that growth.
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Troy University Receives $3.5 Million NIST Grant
Troy University, Troy, Alabama, has received a $3.5 mil- lion federal grant that will fund its continued research and development of methods to recycle personal protective equipment (PPE). The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded TROY’s Center for Materials and Manufacturing Sciences a $3.5 million grant aimed at com- bating the growing problem of medical waste. The three-year grant is the third NIST has awarded to the center, continuing the growth of the CMMS. “The first two NIST grants were to set up the lab, and this one is to fund particular research projects,” said Dr. Govind Menon,Director of TROY’s School of Science andTechnolo- gy.“We are entering into the academic research phase of the center.This $3.5 million goes directly to research projects, and it will include something TROY has never done before — we’re going to have post-doctoral positions, something very typical of research institutions.” In 2019 alone, the United States generated more than 100 million tons of medical waste. RoadRunner Partners With Avery Dennison, Valo Ventures RoadRunner Recycling, based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has closed its funding round with nearly $40 million in in- vestments. The $10 million from Avery Dennison and Valo Ventures comes after the initial round of $28.6 million led by e.ventures and Greycroft in March 2020. The funds from both investments will be used to support the continued expansion of RoadRunner, and its end-to-end waste and recycling management services, to at least 10 new markets across the United States. It will also be applied to further the development of its AI/machine-learning tech- nology and grow internally to expand further. In addition to Avery Dennison’s $5 million investment, RoadRunner has partnered with the company to develop a customized pilot program, leveraging its technological ca- pabilities and operational capacity, to support Avery Denni- son’s aggressive zero-waste goals. To date, RoadRunner has: · raised $59.1 million; · served more than 6,000 customers; · helped businesses divert 130,000 tons of waste; · increased recycling rates by 10 times their average; and · saved businesses more than $20 million on waste and recycling costs.
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