Understanding the Plastic Issue (Poster Presentation)
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
In Person or Zoom Presentation
In-Person
Campus
Daytona Beach
Status
Student
Student Year and Major
Fourth Year CEC
Organization, if requesting a table
The Plastic-Free Campus Initiative
Presentation Description/Abstract
The Plastic-Free Campus Initiative is an Embry-Riddle initiative advocating for the reduction and elimination of single-use plastics on the Daytona Beach campus.
Our poster presentation aims to highlight current issues and concerns by presenting plastic production trends, quantifying how plastic pollution has affected global ecosystems, and discussing the material characteristics of plastics and their consequences. The poster will provide an overview of the current state of global recycling and will outline key concerns that microplastics, and plastics in general, pose to public health. By presenting the current facts and concerns related to plastic and recycling, we hope to encourage individuals to act, starting by making more environmentally conscious decisions. Through reducing plastic production, consumption, and waste, we can limit climate-harming activities like drilling for crude oil and counteract the widespread damage that plastics are causing to wildlife and marine environments.
Keywords
Single-use plastics, plastic degradation, plastic pollution, social advocacy
Understanding the Plastic Issue (Poster Presentation)
The Plastic-Free Campus Initiative is an Embry-Riddle initiative advocating for the reduction and elimination of single-use plastics on the Daytona Beach campus.
Our poster presentation aims to highlight current issues and concerns by presenting plastic production trends, quantifying how plastic pollution has affected global ecosystems, and discussing the material characteristics of plastics and their consequences. The poster will provide an overview of the current state of global recycling and will outline key concerns that microplastics, and plastics in general, pose to public health. By presenting the current facts and concerns related to plastic and recycling, we hope to encourage individuals to act, starting by making more environmentally conscious decisions. Through reducing plastic production, consumption, and waste, we can limit climate-harming activities like drilling for crude oil and counteract the widespread damage that plastics are causing to wildlife and marine environments.