24-year-old invents new way to break down plastic
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Miranda Wang, a 24-year-old University of Pennsylvania graduate, has invented a new way to recycle polyethylene. It is the least recyclable type of plastic and the company she co-founded, BioCellection, hopes to use a new $100,000 prize it received to improve its process. Learn more about BioCellection.