Evan Granite ChE'85

Graphic for The Bridge magazine Fall 2023

Evan Granite ChE'85 co-authored the paper “Domestic Wastes and Byproducts: A Resource for Critical Material Supply Chains”, Evan J. Granite, Grant Bromhal, Jennifer Wilcox, and Mary Anne Alvin, National Academy of Engineering, The Bridge, 53(3), 59-66, Fall 2023. Wastes that can serve as feedstocks for recovery of metals are coal ash, acid mine drainage, petroleum coke, mine and smelter wastes, asbestos tailings, red mud, produced waters, municipal solid wastes, municipal sewage sludge, e-wastes, garnet waste abrasives, and phosphogypsum waste. The recovery of critical metals from these abundant byproducts can also spur clean-up of the waste impoundments.

For a link to the paper, please click here.

https://www.nae.edu/300449/Domestic-Wastes-and-Byproducts-A-Resource-for-Critical-Material-Supply-Chains

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