The thirteen runs were completed between February 2 and March 18, 2016. The following people and groups listed below were instrumental in completing this testing: Thanks to the technicians responsible for the testing,
The world’s global plastics waste crisis demands policy coordination and technological solutions to improve waste management systems, and organizations worldwide have created momentum around the concept of a circular economy. This paper advances a holistic, inclusive circular economy framework that aims to empower waste pickers with the following basic pillars: (1) build collaborative networks of stakeholders to enable inclusion of waste pickers; (2) establish cooperative enterprise models to integrate waste pickers into the formal economy; (3) build waste pickers’ technical skills and capacity for entrepreneurship; and (4) provide access to technologies and markets that enable waste pickers to manufacture upcycled products.
Thanks to Caitlin Wood for collecting and organizing the data that was collected during the experiments. Thanks to Tom White and Steve Crump of SRNL Analytical Development for analyzing the blended condensate samples to determine the concentrations of HMDSO, TMS and propanal. Thanks to Alex Nikolov and Darsh Wasan, inventors of the Antifoam 747, for advice and support during this testing. Thanks to Isaac Bodey for the prompt delivery of Antifoam 747 pails as needed for testing. Thanks to Momentive for supplying a sample of Silwet L-77.
A number of people were involved in this test program and what follows is undoubtably an incomplete list. Thanks to Jack Zamecnik, Dan Lambert, and Charles Nash for their mentorship and consultation. Big thanks to Daniel Jones for performing the experiential work and reviewing the research directions. Whitney Riley and Kim Wyszynski in the Process Science Analytical Laboratory provided analytical support. Thanks to Fernando Fondeur and Patrick O'Rourke for suggesting in-situ ultraviolet / visible (UV-Vis) measurements and providing the tools to use it. Thanks to Jacqueline Do and Magdalina Hansen for help with simulant preparation. Thanks to Bill Holtzscheiter, Grace Chen, and Tom Colleran for their support in planning these experiments.
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