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University of Georgia’s College of Engineering

  • Jenna Jambeck and her research team look for litter debris on Jekyll Island’s Driftwood Beach. Jambeck and team developed the Marine Debris Tracker app and work with volunteers and communities around the world for data collection.
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    UGA Professor receives ‘Genius Grant’
    Isabela Weiss
    After publishing research on oceanic plastic pollution, an Environmental Engineering professor at the University of Georgia received a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship.
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    Reduce-Reuse
    Dr. Jenna Jambeck returns to the program to discuss how smiley faces and counters on recycling bins improve sustainable waste practices. Her kickstarter…
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    Ocean Waste
    It would take about 2 million adult, male, African elephants to tip a scale over the 8 million ton mark. That’s about how much plastic Dr. Jenna Jambeck…