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While the Bulldogs prepare for their much-anticipated game against the No. 2-ranked Michigan Wolverines in the Orange Bowl College Football Playoff

The University of Georgia's Jenna Jambeck’s work stretches into the Magic City.

On Tuesday, University of Georgia students emptied a trash trap located near the delta of one of the Oconee River’s tributaries, Trail Creek.

As a part of the University of Georgia Office of Sustainability’s Earth Day programing, students and Athens community members participated in the Earth Day Global Community Cleanup on April 22-25. By the end of the weekend, students and Athens residents had collected 870 pieces of trash and recycling over 579 collection events. The most picked up items include plastics, cans and cigarettes. Due to inclement weather, the UGA Office of Sustainability’s scheduled cleanup was on Friday af...

UGA engineers tackle single-use plastics 2 hours ago Jenna Jambeck is internationally recognized for her work to reduce plastic waste, and her research has spurred governments, industry and nonprofit organizations to protect ocean wildlife and ecosystem health by reducing plastic waste generation and expanding waste management infrastructure. A member of the University of Georgia faculty since 2009, Jambeck conducts research and teaches environmental engineering with a focus on solid waste mana...

Nicole Welle | March 8, 2021 Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a new project to help identify where plastic pollution entering the Gulf of Mexico is coming from. The Mississippi River serves as a drainage system for 40% of the United States and sends huge amounts of plastic pollution into the Gulf of Mexico every year. To combat the problem, the new project will allow “citizen scientists” to record sources of litter they observe along the river on a mobile app. Officials...

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Via Flickr Nicole Welle | March 8, 2021 Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a new project to help identify where plastic pollution entering the Gulf of Mexico is coming from. The Mississippi River serves as a drainage system for 40% of the United States and sends huge amounts of plastic pollution…

Nicole Welle | March 8, 2021 Cities along the Mississippi River will take part in a new project to help identify where plastic pollution entering the Gulf of Mexico is coming from. The Mississippi River serves as a drainage system for 40% of the United States and sends huge amounts of plastic pollution into the Gulf of Mexico every year. To combat the problem, the new project will allow “citizen scientists” to record sources of litter they observe along the river on a mobile app. Officials...

It is estimated that 8 million tons of plastic waste flows into the world’s ocean each year. Some of it is in pieces large enough to entangle fish and other c