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Dr Alvin Orbek White, a from Mountshannon, now based in Wales has secured a prestigious funding award for research on finding uses for problem plastics. Image by Martin Ellard.
Mountshannon man leads the way in tackling problem plastics
December 15, 2020
A MOUNTSHANNON man’s cutting-edge research into positive uses for waste plastics, has secured more than a quarter of a million euro in backing from the Welsh government.
Dr Alvin Orbaek White, who works at Swansea University, has pioneered a technology that changes waste plastic into valuable compounds for the energy industries, reducing plastics pollution in the process. The research will be instrumental in addressing the global transition to more efficient, cleaner energy resources and providing a new life for waste plastics, keeping them out of land and sea.