Plastics, 9780262547017
Paperback
Plastics: Our lives, our future, our planet, and what we can do.

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  • Paperback

    136 pages

  • Release Date

    25 September 2023

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Summary

Everywhere we look, we are surrounded by plastics- perhaps you have a book in one hand and your phone-made of various metals, plastics, and glass-in the other, or you are reading this on your polyurethane mattress after having flipped on a plastic light switch.

In this Essential Knowledge series volume, Imari Walker-Franklin and Jenna Jambeck provide a deep exploration of the entire life of plastic things-plastics production and use, plastic waste generation and management, the enviro…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262547017
ISBN-10:0262547015
Author:Imari Walker-Franklin, Jenna Jambeck
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:136
Release Date:25 September 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:178mm x 127mm
Series:The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series
About The Author

Imari Walker-Franklin

Imari Walker-Franklin holds a PhD in environmental engineering and is a research scientist at RTI International in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park. Additionally, she is a writer, actor, and director for her science communication YouTube channel, which discusses plastic pollution and its possible solutions.

Jenna Jambeck is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia, founder of the Circularity Informatics Lab, co-developer of Marine Debris Tracker, a National Geographic Explorer, and a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.

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