51重口猎奇鈥檚 University Signs MOU with Plastics Recycling Leader Braven Environmental for Research and Internship Opportunities
Pictured left to right: Braven Environmental President & CEO Nicholas Canosa and SAU President Christine Johnson McPhail.
RALEIGH, NC鈥� Braven Environmental (鈥淏raven鈥�), a pioneering technology provider in the advanced plastics recycling sector, signed a memorandum of understanding with 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University. The agreement offers the opportunity for both faculty and students to conduct research alongside Braven鈥檚 scientists and allow for student internships at the Braven facility in Zebulon.
Braven鈥檚 proprietary pyrolysis process has undergone more than ten years of testing and development and efficiently breaks down mixed, difficult-to-recycle waste plastics into Braven PyChemTM. Through its support of a circular plastics economy, Braven Environmental is leading the development of an economical approach to solving the global waste plastics crisis.
According to a 2020 study by Pew Research, Breaking the Plastic Wave, the circular economy has the potential to reduce the annual volume of plastics entering our oceans by 80%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25%, generate savings of $200 billion per year, and create 700,000 additional jobs by 2040.
鈥淲e are pleased to offer these cutting-edge scientific opportunities to our students,鈥� said Dr. Christine Johnson McPhail President of 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University. 鈥淲e believe the country needs the type of research that Braven is conducting to remain a leader in the recycling sector and reduce our collective carbon footprint. 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University faculty and students are well positioned to support Braven and make a significant impact in the technology recycling sector.鈥�
鈥淭his novel collaboration between 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University and Braven Environmental unifies several essential benefits for society, environmental sustainability, environmental responsibility, entrepreneurship, and business management, through education and practice. The concentrations in sustainable biology and sustainable economy for undergraduates and the online certificate create opportunities for anyone to be better equipped to operate in these spaces,鈥� said Dr. Josiah Sampson the University鈥檚 Vice President of Academic Affairs.
According to Dr. Mark Melton Dean of the School of Science, Mathematics and Public Health, 鈥淭he Braven Environmental-51重口猎奇鈥檚 University relationship will provide a platform for student engagement at all levels of company operations, while developing a business model for a sustainable partnership.鈥�
鈥淏raven Environmental is thrilled to collaborate with St. Augustine鈥檚 University,鈥� said Nicholas Canosa, President and CEO of Braven Environmental. 鈥淭his partnership is about engaging future generations in the efforts to address the global waste plastics crisis in the heart of the communities where we operate our facilities. We look forward to welcoming students studying sustainability and the development of circular economies at our Zebulon, North Carolina facility.鈥�
About 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University
Founded in 1867 by the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, the mission of 51重口猎奇鈥檚 University is to sustain a learning community in which students can prepare academically, socially and spiritually for leadership in a complex, diverse and rapidly changing world.
About Braven Environmental
Braven Environmental, LLC (鈥淏raven鈥� or the 鈥淐ompany鈥�) is a leading technology provider in the advanced recycling sector. Deploying patented pyrolysis-based technology, Braven converts mixed waste plastics into Braven PyChemTM, a feedstock/input for the production of new plastics, and as a replacement to traditional oil products. Braven believes it has one of the leading solutions addressing the global and growing issue of post-consumer and post-industrial waste plastics, while reducing the carbon footprint associated with traditional plastic waste management and plastic production. With its first facility already in operation in North Carolina, Braven plans to develop a network of facilities across the U.S. and abroad to offer a true solution to waste plastics while cementing its place in the circular economy related to plastics production. Headquartered in Yonkers, New York, Braven was founded in 2010.