24-year-old invents new way to break down plastic

Dec 11, 2018 Published on: Dec 11, 2018 Go back to the The Hub Archive

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.