Covestro LLC and University of Pittsburgh Establish Circular Economy Program
PITTSBURGH — The rise of circular economy principles, where materials are kept in continuous use by design, has led to a new collaboration between Covestro LLC and the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt’s Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation (MCSI) and Swanson School of Engineering will house the new Covestro Circular Economy Program at the University of Pittsburgh.
The Covestro Circular Economy Program reportedly represents the first graduate-level circular design academic program in the United States to specifically address the challenge of global waste and material use. It aims to create opportunities for the research, education and innovative advancement of circular economy principles that begin with academia and fuel real-world solutions designed to save the planet.