In the News

Quoted in How to create a ‘world without waste’? Here are the plastic industry’s ideas, July 2024, Grist

Live radio discussing plastic bag policies, The Kelly Cutrara Show | 640 Toronto | February 6, 2024

Quoted in How plastic consumption tripled in this U.S. state after they banned plastic, 2024, The National Post

Quoted in The Dark Side of Ocean Cleanup Technology, 2024, Slate

Quoted in Scientists find about a quarter million invisible nanoplastic particles in a liter of bottled water, 2024, Associated Press

Quoted in Earth is Awash in Plastic Pollution, 2023, DukeEnvironment Spring Magazine

Quoted in How companies greenwash their plastic pollution, 2023, Popular Science

Quoted in Companies pledge to reduce plastic waste, but the burden falls to you, 2022, Popular Science

Quoted in Corporate pledges to recycle aren’t leading to less plastic use: study, 2022, The Hill

Quoted in Analysis finds plastic pollution prevention efforts slowed during pandemic, 2022, Phys.org

Quoted in Finding the Gaps in Plastic Pollution Prevention, 2022, by Hailey Stiehl for the Duke University - The Graduate School

Quoted in Bogs, banks and bubble barriers: five great projects to protect nature, 2021, The Guardian

Quoted in The Fight Against Microplastics, 2021, Discover Magazine

Fellowship Snapshots 2021, 2021, Duke University - The Graduate School

The Top 5 Posts of December 2020, 2020, New Security Beat

Countries Restarting Economies Have Rare Chance to Solve Ocean Plastic Pollution, 2020, The Pew Charitable Trusts

New Webpage Highlights 52 Technologies to Fight Plastic Pollution in Our Oceans, 2020, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment

New Grants Support Graduate Students to Pursue Training Outside Their Disciplines, 2016, Duke Interdisciplinary Studies