Chemical engineering professor Michael Timko leads a team that has developed a novel process to remove harmful PFAS chemicals from sewage sludge during wastewater treatment. The process offers an additional benefit: it could also generate renewable fuel. Researchers hope the process will help address the PFAS problem and allow wastewater treatment facilities to reduce their use of energy and chemical additives for sludge disposal, 

This article highlighting the potential uses of bamboo in fighting climate change features ongoing studies by an interdisciplinary group of WPI researchers who have shown that bamboo can be converted into ethanol fuel, providing the potential for fossil fuel reduction through a ball milling process that does not generate any new chemical wastes.