Henry Miller, a recent graduate of the Master of Architecture program at Rensselaer, has created a way of using plastic waste as a cement aggregate. Miller discovered that rather than using a mined aggregate, he could mix ground plastic (that would normally be destined for the landfill) with cement to produce equally strong industrial concrete. This move also reduces the costly and energy-intensive process of plastic recycling, which is only a temporary solution to the increasing amount of plastic disposed of every year. Miller’s discovery scored him first place in the Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World competition, and has attracted a lot of attention. Read more about Miller’s forward-thinking ingenuity here, at the Concrete Thinking for a Sustainable World website.