Plastic, an epochal human invention, is now emerging as an environmental challenge. According to the data provided by the UN Environment Program, an annual discharge of 19 to 23 million tons of plastic waste clogs ecosystems, and equivalent to a volume commensurate with 2000 fully loaded garbage trucks. The indiscriminate disposal of plastic poses a threat to global water bodies, such as oceans, rivers, and lakes at risk of congestion.
This urgency makes it significant of developing recycling m...
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- University University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Sustainable Development Goals 09 Industry Innovation and Infrastructure
- University Department Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Status Completed
- Lead Local Gov / Community Partner Org Name City of Wausau