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Early in March 2022, at the UN Environment Assembly, diplomats from 175 nations voted unanimously to create a legally binding agreement to end plastic pollution. The Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) called it “the most significant environmental multilateral deal since the Paris accord.” Barbara Hendrie was in the room. She is …
“The University of Wisconsin–Madison will be a living model for sustainability, exemplifying values and actions that demonstrate our commitment to stewardship of resources, respect for place and the health and well-being of the broader community, now and for the future.” UW-Madison Sustainability Initiative Task Force Final Report (2010) Of the guiding lights for sustainability at …
Learn more about how UW–Madison researchers have developed an economical way of producing a critical plastic precursor. Read the full article on the UW–Madison news site here.