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Waste

Designer Daniel Davilla finds the beauty in discarded materials
Elena Walsh Ferré

George Washington University

Inside GW’s single-use plastic policy
Georgena Mierow

George Washington University

The disposable mask conundrum: A podcast
Devin Howard

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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.
Disposable mask waste: Effects of a newfound pollutant during the pandemic
Louisa Reitzel

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

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.
A phosphate spill spelled disaster for marine ecosystems. Can research mitigate future harm?
Kaitlyn Copland

Planet Forward Correspondent | Eckerd College

A person with short hair in a life jacket pulls a white plastic bucket out of a body of water while kneeling in a boat.
COP26 in Context: From reducing methane emissions to packaging
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

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