"It’s equal to five grocery-size bags full of plastic for every foot of coastline in the world"
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Jenna Jambeck in: Rolling Stone quotes engineering professor in story about ocean plastics, uga.edu
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Jenna Jambeck
Jenna Jambeck (born 1974) an American environmental engineer who is the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor of Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia. Her research considers plastic pollution and efforts to address plastic waste. In 2022, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
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