The Argonne National Lab takes on a pollution source the world can't live without




Federal Drive with Tom Temin show

Summary: A group of scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory have one word for you. Just one word. Plastic. Well, polyurethane to be precise. This widely used material is almost never recycled. Now the lab has teamed up with Northwestern University and Dow Chemical Company to, you might say, modernize how polyurethane is made and handled. Joining the Federal Drive with more, the fuels and products group leader at Argonne's systems assessment center, Troy Hawkins. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices