Laura Markley | Source | PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering (Microplastics expert) at Sy...
Laura Markley
Laura is a PhD candidate and EMPOWER NSF NRT Trainee in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at Syracuse University. Her research interests include water quality and human health as it relates to waste generation, sustainable behaviors, and plastic pollution.
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Syracuse University (https://www.syracuse.edu/)
PhD Candidate, Civil & Environmental Engineering (Microplastics expert)
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SU's switch to single-use tableware during COVID led to more dining hall waste
The university enforced the single-use products to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus, but this modification increased waste production and decreased recycling.
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Though this waste was unavoidable, I think it is prompting a harder look at the systems we have in place and how we can change them to be safer, sanitary and more environmentally friendly and accessible. I feel strongly that this will force a shift in how we approach reusability in the future.
