About Us

We are team Rii, in which members are from University of Washington, USA and Tsinghua University, China

About World Lab

The World Lab is a new research and educational institute that is ideally suited to tackle environment, education and health challenges.

What is Rii About?

Our mission is to increase recycling by having people repurpose materials that would otherwise be thrown away.

In the status quo, we as a global community produce 1.3 billion tons of waste every year. This waste is sent to landfills and incinerated, polluting both land and sky. Each U.S. citizen contributes 1,600 pounds of waste - nearly a ton - annually. In addition, materials in the US are only recycled at 60-70% efficiency, and this number is lower in other countries. In order to create a truly sustainable world, both these problems must be solved.

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