AGORATALK The origins and future of our plastic pollution crisis (EN)

10 May 2023
12:30 - 13:00
Agora, campus Diepenbeek

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By Prof. Dr. Louis Pitet

By continuously discarding huge quantities of plastic waste, not only are we destroying our natural environment at an accelerating rate, but we are throwing away resources with an enormous potential value. Strategies toward biobased materials and increased recycling are essential to address our plastic pollution crisis. Injecting new life into waste streams is critically important for improving the plight of marine and land environments. Furthermore, drastic reduction of virgin fossil-based feedstocks is critical for reducing the impact of plastic manufacturing on the climate.

𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘧. 𝘓𝘰𝘶𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘍𝘗 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘮𝘰-𝘪𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 #𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘴

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Join us for a cozy drink afterwards at the Green Office room at the agora.

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