# A plan to recycle the unrecyclable

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed Weekend
- Speaker: Ashton Cofer
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Chemistry, Engineering, Earth and environment, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/ashton_cofer_a_plan_to_recycle_the_unrecyclable)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

From packing peanuts to disposable coffee cups, each year the US alone produces some two billion pounds of Styrofoam -- none of which can be recycled. Frustrated by this waste of resources and landfill space, Ashton Cofer and his science fair teammates developed a heating treatment to break down used Styrofoam into something useful. Learn more out their original design.

## Lectures

1. [A plan to recycle the unrecyclable](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/ashton_cofer_a_plan_to_recycle_the_unrecyclable/73e2ff6c88f1), 6 min (TED's player)