MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: NEW AWARD CONTROL NO: 1953-181 FOA: TINA-MIDAS FOA (DE-AR0001953) PROJECT TITLE: ELECTROCHEMICAL MINING OF MSWI ASH THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL DEVELOP AN ELECTROCHEMICAL APPROACH TO EXTRACTING AND PURIFYING VALUABLE ELEMENTS FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATOR (MSWI) ASH, POWERED SOLELY BY ELECTRICITY FROM THE WASTE-TO-ENERGY (WTE) PLANT, THAT RECOVERS AT LEAST 95% OF CRITICAL MATERIALS AND AT LEAST 90% OF OTHER METALS WHILE NOT PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS EMISSIONS.