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Solvent Recovery Initiative

The goal of the Solvent Recovery Initiative Team is to design protocols to recycle and reuse solvents in chemistry laboratories at Concordia. Starting as a team of 15 in the Howarth lab, they will extensively test different methods for recycling and purifying solvent waste like (1) simple filtration, (2) centrifugation, and (3) rotary evaporation. We…

Waste Invaders

Akin to the arcade game Space Invaders, Waste Invaders is an arcade game to teach people how to sort their waste in a fun and interactive way that will lead to people changing their habits more than watching a video or reading a booklet. Games are far more engaging than videos and having an arcade…

Ocean Waste Recovery

It is estimated that over 8 million tons of plastic go into the ocean every year. The objective of this project is to address this issue and mitigate some of the trash that ends up in the water bodies of our planet. We aim to do this by creating a robot that picks up the…

Sustained Action Exhibition

This exhibition will feature projects from Concordia Sculpture students. It is geared towards the diverse aspects of sustainability: those who address the many environmental and social justice issues we face collectively, but also the mindset that supports those necessary changes. Sustainability can take many tangible and intangible forms; what role does it play in your…

Compost Club Concordia

Compost Club Concordia plans to organize and host two composting events where Concordia students will be invited to attend composting workshops. These free and educational workshops will allow students to learn the scientific process behind composting, the different composting methods that exist, and the benefits of local, small-scale composting. Afterwards, students will learn how to…

Sustainable Shipment Boxes – World’s Challenge Challenge Competition

The goal of this project is to make packaging that is durable such that it can be reused multiple times, cutting down on the need for single-use packages that are currently the norm in the shipping industry. Therefore, single-use packaging would be rendered unnecessary with reusable packaging alternatives. By finding better ways to ship packages,…

Woodnote Cooperative

The Woodnote Solidarity Cooperative is a groundbreaking project that was started at Concordia through investments from the CSU. This investment was initially managed by UTILE, which delivered on the financing and construction of the building, after which management was handed off to the Woodnote. Woodnote’s model is planned by UTILE to be replicated into other…

Hydropony

The wastewater filtration system we aim to build is for the hydroponic culture in Quebec. The system will allow recirculation of the effluent after passing through a biofilm filtration system (either made of mushroom, algae, bacteria, or others to be analyzed). This filtration will remove the contaminant and will give back the nutrients left out…

Engineering Design & Manufacturing Lab Library of Parts

Concordia engineering students produce new capstone and extra-curricular projects every year, usually by purchasing parts they need brand new. While some projects require state-of-the-art resources, many teams are relegated to purchasing what they could have easily re-used. There is currently a wealth of used parts and materials left over from past projects being stored in…

STAIN Lab

The STAIN (Sustainable Tinctorial Art in Nature) Lab is a multi-platform educational tool for artists aiming to foster a culture of sustainability within Concordia and eventually to the greater Montreal artistic community. In the form of hands-on workshops and presentations given by trained Fine Arts students, the STAIN lab will challenge, experiment, discuss and disseminate…
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