DEC partners with University at Buffalo to improve tire recycling in New York

News10.com in Albany reported that the Dept. of Environmental Conservation is partnering with UB to improve tire recycling in New York.

The story quotes Amit Goyal, SUNY Distinguished Professor, RENEW institute director who is also directing this project, who said: “We are excited to work with the DEC on assessing and improving tire recycling in NY state. UB’s RENEW Institute is uniquely positioned to provide solutions for various aspects of tire recycling (as mentioned below) by engaging a multidisciplinary faculty team.”

This multidisciplinary UB team includes co-investigators Aditya Vedantam, assistant professor in the Department of Operations Management and Strategy in the UB School of Management; John Atkinson, associate professor in the Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; Michael Shelly, RENEW environmental economist and research assistant professor at UB RENEW and Yi Zhang, senior scientist and research assistant professor at UB RENEW.

Read the story here.