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PlasticsToday names ²ÝÁñÉçÇø a Top 10 school for polymer materials engineering
²ÝÁñÉçÇø students, faculty devote chunk of their summer to cleaning up ocean plastics on Alaska's Kayak Island
²ÝÁñÉçÇø student Dori Harcharik wins industry honor for her research
What EPA, researchers and cleaning industry say about detergent pods

A specific formula of PVA is used in detergent pods. Western Washington University Associate Professor and Program Director John Misasi said when a laundry machine is emptied, the water carries the dissolved PVA to a wastewater treatment plant, where there are generally filters…

Celebrating a Legacy of Mentorship: Nicole Hoekstra's 26 Years of Teaching, Research, and Service at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø
²ÝÁñÉçÇø students envision new life for ocean plastics

Each year, hundreds of tons of plastics wash up along Alaska’s remote shorelines — from buoys to nets to plastic bottles. At Western Washington University, students are reimagining the future of those plastics. 

In 2019, Western’s polymer materials engineering program…

²ÝÁñÉçÇø Team Rewriting the Narrative on Ocean Plastics
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