Posts Tagged ‘plastic waste’
Stop the Recycling PSAs: Why Corporations Should Be Responsible for Plastic Waste
From the ‘Deplastify the Planet’ Class: A Circular Economic Solution to Plastic Waste In most states, plastic recycling is currently orchestrated by public and private waste management companies. But should this be the case? This is the question that arose during my fall term class, Desplastify the Planet. Deplastify the Planet is a one-of-a-kind project-based…
Read MoreHelp Deplastify the Planet! The Challenge Lab returns for Spring 2020
Plastic is a big problem. World plastic production totaled 359 million tons in 2018, and production levels have grown steadily since 1950. It is estimated that 3-4% of plastic enters the ocean eventually creating ocean garbage patches such as the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch, which is now twice the size of Texas. And as…
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