Faculty Senate Seminar: Dr. Timothy Townsend

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Seminar Title: Beyond Recycling: The Science Supporting a Path to Sustainable Materials Management

We generate hundreds of millions of tons garbage each year in the US, and while recycling plays a critical role in how we handle our waste, the true quest for sustainable materials management requires a much more far-thinking mindset.
Not only must we work to enhance resource recovery and minimize inefficient disposal, we should also consider a full lifecycle accounting of the myriad products and packaging in our everyday lives.

In this presentation, we first step through the historic and current challenges posed by our surprisingly complex waste stream, and then we explore how science can inform future efforts to better address the daunting abundance of the everyday materials our modern lives depend upon.

View the webcast here: https://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/a3d055b4c21243259bb5ecefc1f482601d