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CATEGORIES:Arts and Entertainment,Movies,Outreach/Recruitment,Social,Worksh
 ops,Professional Development,Cultural
DESCRIPTION:Sustainability Film and Facilitated Discussion Series presents\
 n\nThe Plastic Problem (54 min.)\n\nDescription\n\n"The Plastic Problem" (2
 019) explores the issue of plastic pollution\, now considered one of the la
 rgest environmental threats facing humans and animals globally. By 2050\, t
 here will be more plastic than fish in the oceans — an environmental crisis
  that’s been in the making for nearly 70 years. Amna Nawaz and her PBS News
 Hour colleagues interview two of the world’s biggest plastic producers\, th
 e Coca-Cola Company and Unilever\, to find out what they’re doing to addres
 s the problem. The film examines the effectiveness of plastic bans\, bacter
 ia that eat plastic\, a young inventor who has made an alternative to plast
 ic wrap out of beer brewing by-products\, and a start-up making plastic roa
 ds. Find out how you can be a part of the solution.\n\nDiscussion Facilitat
 ors\n\nBrianna Tucker\nOwner of the sustainable refillery Refill U.P.\nHanc
 ock\, Michigan\n\nBre Tucker is Michigan Tech’s Enterprise Program coordina
 tor and the co-owner of Refill U.P. in Hancock\, a business that is tacklin
 g the plastics problem one day\, one person\, one shower and one load of la
 undry at a time. Tucker will share the motivation behind starting the busin
 ess and what it offers residents.\n\nDave Shonnard\nProfessor\, Chemical En
 gineering\nRobbins Chair in Sustainable Use of Materials\nMichigan Technolo
 gical University\n\nDavid Shonnard teaches courses in sustainable engineeri
 ng\, environmentally conscious design\, life cycle assessments and chemical
  reaction engineering. His research interests are in systems analysis for s
 ustainability\, environmental life cycle assessments of renewable energy te
 chnologies\, and chemical recycling of waste plastics for a circular econom
 y.\n\nQuestions about the film series\, contact Alan Turnquist at sustainab
 ility@mtu.edu.\n\nCost\n\nFREE. $5 suggested donation per film to support t
 he Sustainability Film Series is appreciated. Make donation online or in-pe
 rson at the film showing\n\nCosponsored By\n\nMichigan Tech Office of Susta
 inability and Resilience\, Keweenaw Land Trust\, Keweenaw Unitarian Univers
 alist Fellowship\, Lake Superior Stewardship Initiative\, Friends of the La
 nd of Keweenaw\, Refill U.P.\, MTU College of Forest Resources and Environm
 ental Science\, MTU Department of Social Sciences Sustainability Science Pr
 ogram\, MTU Department of Civil\, Environmental\, and Geospatial Engineerin
 g\, Michigan Tech Center for Science and Environmental Outreach\, Sustainab
 ility Demonstration House\, MI Tech Great Lakes Research Center\, and MTU S
 tudents for Sustainability.
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LOCATION:U. J. Noblet Forestry Building\, G002 Hesterberg Hall
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SUMMARY:Sustainability Film Series: The Plastic Problem
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URL:https://events.mtu.edu/event/sustainability_film_series_the_plastic_pro
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