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ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2023

United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. 44,000+ student leaders from 3,300+ campuses across 170+ nations applied to join the Class of 2023. 260+ campuses worldwide (just 9%) in 38 countries were selected to host 4,000+ Millennium Fellows for the Class of 2023.

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UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT FELIX ABRAK, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2023.

Ahmadu Bello University | Zaria, Nigeria | Advancing SDG 6 & UNAI 2 | Emerging Technologist

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Millennium Fellowship Project: Development of polystyrene based composite with cassava starch.

The project aims at producing a composite using polystyrene packs which is popularly used for the packaging of food, drinks and beverages. It is a know fact that these polystyrene has a very long lifespan and can hardly degrade on it own. Studies have shown that introducing cassava starch can help to fasten the level of biodegradability by increasing the activities of microorganisms when found in a place of such occurrence. Since the inception of the early 20th century there has been a boom in the use of platics and polymers product polystyrene playing a vital role in this due to it ability to be used in many industries. In Nigeria there is a big problem of plastic waste this platics mostly polystyrene packs used as food containers and cups for liquid drinks are littering the environment and can also be found in the water ways and drainage system thereby causing great damage be blocking the drainage system which can cause flooding and when these polystyrene are deposited in the water bodies such as seas, rivers or the ocean are eaten by the aquatic animals which can kill them since their body system doesn't have the ability to digest such polystyrene. The project focusses on upcyling the polystyrene packs by first getting the polystyrene from the environment next is to create a composite using cassava starch as the reinforcements after that is to create household kitchen utensils with the produced composite such as plates, Spoons, bucket etc this will be used to replace the the traditional plastic produced household utensils that is non biodegradable.

About the Millennium Fellow

Felix Abrak is a student of Ahmedu Bello university zaria. Studying Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, he has passion for technological and innovative discoveries that help in shaping the world for the better. This plays a vital role in the choice of course materials engineering which sparked my curiosity on weste materials and how they can be upcycled and also on existing materials looking for ways to improve in there properties for better mechanical and environmental use.

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