The Journey of Waste

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In this episode, Marco and Alessandro chat with Susanna Andreasi, expert in waste management and recycling issues affecting today’s society.

Susanna Andreasi will discuss with Marco and Alessandro how all the waste we generate is managed. A fascinating topic that goes beyond the process of waste management itself, posing interesting questions about the way we consume, how trash should be properly handled and in which ways we can improve our consumption to help today’s urgent issue regarding the excess of waste, specially plastics.

Susanna Andreasi is a Scientific Officer in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. She has a Postdoc in the Department of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Denmark. She is specialised in waste management and environmental impacts.

If you are curious about today’s topic you can find more info in any of these links:

● Five Misperceptions Surrounding the Environmental Impacts of Single-Use Plastic - https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.0c05295

● Plastic waste inputs from land into the ocean - https://science.sciencemag.org/content/347/6223/768

● Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made - https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782

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Produced by: Rosa Duran and Marco Germinario