WWU students working to help Haitians use plastic trash to make new homes

Nikki Larson and six of her Western Washington University students are working on an unusual recycling project they hope will result in helping Haiti residents get new homes while cleaning up their country.
Larson, an associate professor of engineering technology, and her students are working on the best ways to create small homes made from plastic waste that litters earthquake-shattered Haiti. If the logistics of a trip can be worked out, she said several of them hope to visit Haiti this summer.