Students Help Haitians Build Homes From Plastic Waste

Engineering students from Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash. are working on a recycling project to help earthquake victims in Haiti rebuild homes from plastic waste, according to recent news reports.

Nikki Larson, an associate professor of engineering technology, and six of her students are researching to find the best way to create small homes from the plastic waste that litters the earthquake-ravaged island, according to an article published on Monday by The Bellingham Herald.