Upcoming virtual event about sustainability and plastics

[Joy Altwies]

Hello SSE!

Our friends in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies on campus have scheduled a virtual event soon that I thought some of you might enjoy attending.  Here’s the link:

https://nelson.wisc.edu/events/public-lectures/plastic.php

Sustainable Success: The Future of Plastics
Thursday, March 11, 2021
5:30-6:30 p.m. CST
VIRTUAL

The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, the Grainger Center for Supply Chain Management, and the Weston Roundtable invite you to explore the future of plastic with engineers and business leaders who are at the forefront of recycling science.

Currently, recycling is viewed by many as expensive and difficult with experts estimating that only 9 percent of plastic has been recycled since the 1950s. Today, new technology and an improved understanding of plastic chemistry is helping to make recycling and upcycling easier and less expensive. Join us as leading experts discuss the improved recycling methods and circular initiatives that will allow more plastic to be reused and recycled.

Guest speakers include:
Shawn Welch
Vice President and General Manager, Hi-Cone

Carolyn Woznicki
Chief Procurement Officer, Illinois Tool Works

George Huberh
Richard L. Antoine Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering;
Lead, Center on Chemical Upcycling of Waste Plastics (CUWP)

Steve Alexander
President & CEO, Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)

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