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Princeton Campus Composting, Ezekiel Akinsanya, UG '26, Julia Dumais, UG '26, and and Giselle Schrier, UG '26 (3993749)

Methane gas produced by decomposing organic matter in landfills is responsible for about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Imagine if we could eliminate ⅕ of these emissions while creating…

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PLAinly Put, Gary Smith, UG '26, Grace Anne McCooey, UG '26, and Eli Soffer, UG '26 (3993890)

The US produces well over 35 million tons of plastic each year, largely in part due to the great demand for single-use plastics. Polylactic acid, or PLA, is a popular alternative to fossil-fuel-based…

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How food waste valorization fights climate change, Jinjin Chen, G2 (3955569)

To address climate change and reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, there is an urgent need to reduce the emissions from food waste landfilling. Food waste valorization to value-added products has…

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Pocono Environmental Education Center: Mealworm Composter

Learn about the mealworm composter, built in 2017 by Community Action students from Princeton University for the Pocono Environmental Education Center.

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Pocono Environmental Education Center: Composting Project

Learn more about how students with Community Action helped create a composting project at the Pocono Environmental Education Center and how the composting systems work.

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