Students from the Amur region have come up with a new way to recycle plastic

Students of Amur State University presented a plastic recycling project within existing and under construction enterprises.

The technology was developed as part of the VIII International Engineering CASE-IN Championship, which is part of the presidential platform "Russia "a land of opportunity." As part of the selection task of the case in the field of Petrochemistry — to give a second life to plastics, the guys had to present projects for the technological modernization of the enterprise, providing for the creation of a site for collecting and preparing used PET packaging and the uninterrupted supply of secondary polymers as raw materials.

The task took only 10 days to complete. It should be noted that the championship competitions were promptly transferred to an online format due to anti-epidemic measures. The winner of the qualifying stage was the DFM team, which included Denis Potapchuk, Pavel Odorodko, Hope Antonova And Cyril Prikhodko.

"The second life of plastic is an impetus not only for the development of technology and economics, but also an opportunity to solve a global environmental problem. It's no secret that most of the garbage in the ocean is plastic. And its recycling will reduce the amount of waste that accumulates in landfills every day and just lies there for decades," emphasizes Denis Potapchuk, the captain of the team.

The ECO team took the second place, and the Soul of the Wolf team won the bronze award. The final of the CASE-IN will be held in Moscow It will bring together the best student engineering teams from 57 universities in Russia and other countries. CIS. The winners of the finals will receive valuable prizes, the opportunity to participate in All-Russian industry forums, advantages in admission to graduate and postgraduate studies, and will also be able to complete internships at leading companies in the industry. The championship was organized using a grant from the President of the Russian Federation for the development of civil society, provided by the Presidential Grants Fund, and is included in the All-Russian Youth Action Plan aimed at popularizing the fuel and energy complex, energy conservation, and engineering education.