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Open Show Features

plastic

Unpacking the packaging potential of mycelium, the mushroom ‘roots’ of many uses
Kala Menchetti Hunter

Northwestern University

A black jar against a dark grey background rests on two white mycelium blocks
Essay | Microplastics: A well-known threat that isn’t so easy to get rid of
Anna Carman

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

A glass of water is filled with multicolored specks of plastic.
International student’s idea to repurpose barns becomes agro-plastic recycling company
Sara Wiatrak

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Garden bed with green sprouts covered by a dome of plastic sheeting.
Inside GW’s single-use plastic policy
Georgena Mierow

George Washington University

Microplastics: The 3 forms of plastic pollution GW profits from
Farzona Comnas

George Washington University

A white bird rests next to a colorful ball of red and blue plastic waste.
Sustainability that sticks: GW students make reducing plastic personal
Greer Blount

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

A person in a white shirt, head not pictured, holds a yellow water bottle with several colorful, overlapping stickers.
Three plastic-free ways to start your day
Willow Hasson

George Washington University

A stream of water pours into a metal tea strainer on the lips of a torquoise teacup.
Untangling the web of plastic bag bans
Ryan Bieber

Planet Forward Correspondent | Ithaca College

White plastic bag floating in a body of water.

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’It was never really just about plastic drinking straws’: Plastic elimination starts small
Carter Weinhofer

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | Eckerd College

Yellow straws sit on the display case in front of a menu at a coffee shop.
Planet over plastic: Holding corporations accountable for plastic waste
Kaitlyn Copland

Planet Forward Correspondent | Eckerd College

Task force developing plan to reduce single-use plastics on campus
Sejal Govindarao

Planet Forward FAO Fellow | George Washington University

How plastic can save the planet
Judith Marklin

Sewanee: The University of the South

Plastic: The threat that’s everywhere, even within us
Cate Twining-Ward

Senior Correspondent Alum | Columbia University, George Washington University '21

Will COVID-19 slow the reduction of plastic bags on the environment?
Madeline Taylor

George Washington University

plastic bags piled up
5 brands that are leading the way toward sustainable periods
Kathryn Nohilly

George Washington University

How pandemic-driven takeout fuels need for sustainable packaging
Madeline Taylor

George Washington University

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