Waste-to-Value
The Waste-To Value portfolio focuses on waste valorization, which turns economic and ecological liabilities into valuable assets. By repurposing waste as a resource, these innovations are bridging the gap between waste disposal and material production. They have the potential to meaningfully reduce landfill accumulation and environmental degradation while simultaneously curbing our reliance on dwindling natural resources.
The below technologies offer new opportunities to convert waste to value in a number of settings, including electronic, municipal, industrial, and biomass waste streams. These innovations produce a variety of chemicals and materials, from commodity chemicals like lithium, heavy metals, and chlorine to fine chemicals such as lactic acid, fumaric acid, chlorinated arenes, and pressure sensitive adhesives.
To learn more about research collaboration, commercialization, or startup formation opportunities, please contact [email protected].
Additionally, you can learn more about the following startup companies, founded to develop University of Michigan waste-to-value technologies: NX Fuels, Brightwater Tools, and BlueShift Carbon.
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