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Wastes
Harmonize
Worlds

Fight Against Climate Change Through The Power Of Design

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MISSION

To reduce global waste by converting demolition and construction debris into sustainable products, while enabling businesses to mitigate their waste footprint by purchasing these upcycled materials.

Transform construction and demolition waste (bricks, tiles, etc.) into eco-friendly building products, offering companies a way to offset their own waste generation. This program provides an innovative way for companies to take responsibility for their waste by supporting the recycling and repurposing of materials, contributing to a circular economy.

waste

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Waste Collection

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Product Ideation

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Biomaterial Selection

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Product Manufacture

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Material Research

Material Research

Price

$n/a

Impact

Biocement Research

Aim to find eco-friendly, sustainable, and stable recipes that can bind brick grains together.

Team Members

Eduardo Benamor Duarte

Eduardo Benamor Duarte

Advisor

RISD Sustainability Design Lab

Lara Davis

Lara Davis

Advisor

MIT Masonry Research Group

Soojung Ham

Soojung Ham

Advisor

RISD Industrial Design Professor

Connections

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