Spring 2027

Plastics Manufacturing and Sustainability Seminar

Seminar on sustainability and recycling concerns in plastics manufacturing, covering environmental dimensions and strategies for the plastics life cycle.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Nicole Zacharia

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Explain the environmental dimensions of the sustainability challenges associated with plastics manufacture, use and disposal.

  • Compare effectiveness of relative strategies presented to improve sustainability of plastic products.

  • Apply sustainability principles to address the challenges of the plastics life cycle to an example taken from their own work.

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E P D 634 or 636

EPD 648

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Spring 2027

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SEM 001Online Only0 / 100

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Topics in sustainability and recycling concerns in plastics manufacturing.

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Topics

  • Sustainability and recycling in plastics manufacturing.
  • Environmental dimensions of plastics manufacture, use, and disposal.
  • Plastics life cycle challenges.

Skills

  • Explaining environmental dimensions of sustainability challenges in plastics.
  • Comparing effectiveness of strategies to improve plastic product sustainability.
  • Applying sustainability principles to plastics life cycle challenges.

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EPD 648 · Spring 2027

Plastics Manufacturing and Sustainability Seminar

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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